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Caribbean countries to kick off the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 data collection
02/03/2023
The FAO sub-regional office supported the organization of the FRA 2025 workshop for the Caribbean the first of a series of regional and sub-regional workshops organized as part of the data collection and review process.
Bolstering information about primary forests in Central Africa
19/04/2022
Primary forest workshop session organized by FAO and OFAC/COMIFAC in Douala, Cameroon to improve Central African primary forest reporting.
FAO’s work on measuring and monitoring SDG indicator 15.4.2, the Mountain Green Cover Index, awarded at GEO Week 2021
26/11/2021
Safeguarding mountain vegetation: FAO receives 2021 GEO Sustainable Development Goals Award.
Rich and diverse: primary forests in the Asia-Pacific region
15/11/2021
FAO-led experts' exchange on primary forests continues with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region this week to review national definitions, monitoring and reporting methods.
Global forest data goes mobile
28/10/2021
FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) open-access platform has now been optimized for mobile view, allowing easier access to forest data and trends for 236 countries and territories.
The University of Wageningen, FAO and CIFOR team up to analyse forest national data source
04/05/2021
The first global study on national forest monitoring capacities has been published in the Journal Environmental Research Letters. This paper shows substantial improvements in national forest monitoring capacities around the globe.
Global forest data online in six languages
26/04/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released an open data platform containing all the data on the world’s forests in all six official UN languages.
Improving data on primary forests in Latin America and the Caribbean
19/04/2021
Forestry experts are meeting in Jalisco, Mexico this week to improve understanding of primary forests, some of the most unique biodiversity hotspots in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Putting the spotlight on the boreal primary forests
23/11/2020
International experts will discuss in a virtual 5-day workshop different approaches countries have adopted to monitor primary forests in the boreal biome to develop innovative ways to improve data and information.
Launch of the results of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
21/07/2020
Launch of the results of FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020.
World's most comprehensive analysis of forest resources launched today in an innovative format
21/07/2020
FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 offers detailed regional and global analyses in a new, digitally interactive way.
A picture of the world’s forests: The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
16/07/2020
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) provides essential information for understanding the extent of forest resources, their condition, management and uses.
Radio podcast "How data helps protect our forests?"
12/07/2020
"How data helps protect our forests?" by FAO.
Satellite data to upscale forest monitoring in francophone countries
12/06/2020
African forest experts are using satellite imagery to assess the forest resources of the continent through a virtual training as part of the FRA 2020 Remote Sensing Survey.
Forest loss slows globally as sustainable management grows
07/05/2020
FAO publishes key findings of benchmark Global Forest Resources Assessment.
FAO/GEF project "Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest)”
11/11/2019
FAO and GEF team up in new project to make forest data more transparent, accessible and available.
Sub-regional workshop for East and South-East Asia
25/06/2018
The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 sub-regional workshop for East and South-East Asia took place in Tokyo hosted by the Forestry Agency of Japan and it attracted FRA National Correspondents from 13 countries .