Estimating emissions and removals from forest degradation. An overview of country experience
02/05/2023
Estimating emissions and removals from forest degradation is important, though challenging, for many countries. Where forest degradation is a major source of emissions, governments want to cover it when reporting...
AIM4Forests. Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests
01/05/2023
Reducing deforestation and forest degradation and restoring and sustainably managing forests are critical pathways to meet the 2030 global goals. Since 1990, more than 420 million hectares of forest have...
Integration of SEPAL into Uganda's National Forest Monitoring System
15/03/2023
This case study summarizes the experience of the use of System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL) in Uganda by the National Forest Authority...
SEPAL Forest and Land Monitoring for Climate Action
30/11/2022
System for Earth Observation, Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL) is an open-source project serving and empowering government agencies, research organizations, non-governmental organizations, companies and academia to...
From reference levels to results: REDD+ reporting by countries
16/11/2022
This report provides an overview of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) modalities for REDD+ reporting and additional technical Measurement, Reporting and Verification requirements from different standards...
Peatlands and climate planning – Part 1: Peatlands and climate commitments
15/11/2022
Peatlands contain huge carbon stocks yet they cover only 3 percent of the world’s land area. Improved peatland management provides climate change mitigation and adaptation opportunities. Peatland conservation and restoration...
Wetlands in climate commitments - Preliminary results
10/11/2022
Wetlands in climate commitments. Preliminary results
National Forest Inventories of Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards the harmonization of forest information
24/06/2022
National forest inventories (NFIs) are one of the main sources of forest information. This book describes the importance and history of NFIs in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region...
Global indicators for monitoring ecosystem restoration: A contribution to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
04/05/2022
The FAO-led Monitoring Taskforce established in support to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration involves experts from over 100 organisations and serves as focal point for providing technical guidance and...
Towards open and transparent forest data for climate action: Experiences and lessons learned
23/03/2022
“Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest)” is a project led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and financed by the...
Developing Capacity for National Forest Monitoring Systems UN-REDD Support and Innovative Solutions for Collecting, Managing and Reporting Forest Data
11/02/2022
UN-REDD support and innovative solutions for collecting, managing and reporting forest data.
Perú y las turberas: Necesidades y brechas de conocimiento
29/11/2021
Esta publicación presenta los puntos de vista de diversos actores sobre las necesidades y desafíos al trabajar con turberas en el Perú. Se basa en 104 respuestas recibidas a la...
Info Brief- Forest Tenure and REDD+: Good Practice, Lessons Learned and Recommendations
08/11/2021
This information brief reviews key concepts related to forest tenure and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+).
Transformational change to reduce deforestation and climate change impacts: A review of definitions, concepts and drivers in scientific and grey literature
29/10/2021
In this study, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) teamed up to investigate how transformational change (transformational change)...
Integrating forest and landscape restoration into national forest monitoring systems
01/09/2021
This document, based on the Voluntary Guidelines on national forest monitoring (VGNFM), provides a series of good practices organised into sixteen steps to facilitate the integration of the monitoring process...
National forest monitoring system assessment tool: Quick guidance
18/08/2021
The national forest monitoring system (NFMS) assessment tool has been developed under the project “Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest)” implemented by Food and Agriculture...
What is the forest area of Lao People's Democratic Republic?: Understanding forest area figures from FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 and the Department of Forestry Forest Assessments
29/07/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) monitors the world’s forest resources through periodic Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA), conducted in cooperation with its member countries. These assessments have...
National forest monitoring system provides better data, and enhances capacity in Papua New Guinea: Enhancing land use planning and monitoring of forest-related interventions through transparent and accurate forest data and information for climate action
08/06/2021
Working with Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea proposed the concept of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in...
Establishing a multi-purpose national forest monitoring system to improve land use monitoring capacities in Ghana: Strengthening the accessibility and accuracy of forest-related data for meeting national and international climate targets
31/05/2021
Since 2008, the Republic of Ghana has implemented activities for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). These actions include establishing a multi-purpose national forest monitoring system (NFMS) to...
The National Forest Monitoring System as part of the National Strategy on Climate Change and Vegetation Resources in Chile: Applying state-of-the-art monitoring approaches in forest conservation, restoration and management
24/05/2021
This case study from Chile applies state-of-the-art monitoring approaches to forest conservation, restoration and managment. It offers a glimpse into Chile's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation...