The Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (COP 27) opened with a shared sense of urgency, as speakers underscored the devastating climate impacts that have occurred this year. During the opening ceremony, speakers shared...

A webinar was organized last October by the Office of Chief Statistician of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to present the Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalogue (FAM), a resource...

“We are in the golden age of open data and remote sensing”, said FAO Forestry Officer Erik Lindquist opening the panel discussion at the Connecting Forests and People event organized by FAO's National...

SHARM EL SHEIKH (November 14, 2022) – Today at COP27, Forest Data Partnership launched a call to action for companies, public institutions and NGOs to join forces in catalyzing and...

The Congo river and surrounding forests (@FAO/SEPAL) Conservationist, Leonidas Nzigiyimpa says "you can't manage what you don't know". He adds: "In order to improve the situation of forests, we need to use...

FAO and partners will launch the series of events “Peatlands and climate commitments” on  Thursday, 23 June 2022. These events come at a very timely moment, as countries are enhancing...

Inge Jonckheere speaking at the plenary session “The global climate: a status update”  One of the largest earth observation events in the world took place from 23-27 May in Bonn, Germany. ...

A new framework designed to monitor and report on the progress of restoration efforts throughout the duration of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has been launched by the Food and Agriculture...

As climate change poses a growing threat to life around the world, the global community has increased mitigation and resiliency efforts through international commitments such as the Paris Agreement. A...

The National Forest Institute (INAB) of Guatemala has made the metadata and microdata of its first National Forest Inventory openly available. Such an achievement was made possible by the support...

On 23 March 2022, join the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the International Webinar, “Learning from experiences to increase forest data transparency for climate action.” Date:...

Carbon emissions from deforestation account for 11 percent of total global carbon emissions, double the emissions generated by the transportation sector. Recognizing the role forests play in climate mitigation, the...

Marggiori Pancorbo-Olivera, Maria Nuutinen, Zoe Klobus, FAO Wetlands are ecosystems covered by water, and are fundamental for people’s livelihoods, biodiversity and climate regulation. These vital resources are celebrated each year on...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the UN-REDD Programme recently published two informational briefs on National Forest Monitoring Systems and Forest Tenure and REDD+.    “Developing capacity for national forest mon

The book, National Forest Inventories of Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards the harmonization of forest information, is the result of the work of 21 countries of Latin America and...

Hosted every year on 5 December, the World Soil Day 2021 cannot be celebrated without highlighting the importance of maintaining healthy soils, including healthy, wet peatlands, for ecosystem functioning and...

Norway, through its International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), is providing the first grant of about USD 9 million – or NOK 90 million – to the UN Food and...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research (INIA) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the...

Producing sound data on forests and land-use has become easier with the launch of a new phase of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) state-of-the-art forest...

It is well recognized that forests have tremendous potential for climate change mitigation. In addition, halting deforestation and forest degradation are nature-based climate solutions that also improve food security, alleviate...