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In many parts of the world, efforts to manage forests are gaining ground, as the latest Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) – published every five years by FAO – shows. Read the article by Zhimin Wu, Forestry Director, FAO.

Released every five years, the 2025 edition of the report was published today during the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Plenary in Bali, Indonesia.

Forest Kids game update empowers children to become restoration champions. The update supports the objectives of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030).

CFRQ partners gather and share information on more than 60 percent of the variables for FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA).

FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2025 results will be officially launched at the Global Forest Observations Initiative Plenary 2025 in Bali, Indonesia, on 21 October. Register to participate in person or online here.

The National Forest Inventories Network for Latin American and the Caribbean (IFN-LAC Network) gathered in Antigua, Guatemala contributing to comparability and transparency of methodologies and data across regions.

Around 20 countries from the region were meeting in Guatemala to enhance their forest monitoring systems, advance methodological harmonisation, and promote open data.

FAO has trained European experts in advanced remote sensing methodologies that will help generate consistent, comparable and high-quality data on the region’s forests.

The secretariat of FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) recently established a global taskforce to define forest degradation 

Twenty-seven Australian experts were trained by FAO in the latest methodologies for remote sensing using an open-source software for satellite image interpretation.

FAO Remote Sensing Survey training will strengthen regional data for the Remote Sensing Survey (RSS) of FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment.

Experts from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) participated in a training session led by FAO on SDG 15.4.2 – Mountain Green Cover Index and Proportion of Degraded Mountain Land.

Students from San Gaetano Primary School in Rome, Italy, had the unique opportunity to explore the world of forests in an interactive session with forestry experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and 39 Canadian forest experts joined forces this week at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, Canada, and online from a number of locations across Canada.

Primary forests are among the planet’s most irreplaceable ecosystems, harbouring rich biodiversity, storing vast carbon stocks and supporting the livelihoods of indigenous communities.

On 13 October 2024, the Amazonia+ Program hosted the side event “Amazon Forest Update: A Regional Challenge for COP30” at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia.

FRA 2025 country reporting process concluded in July of 2024 and is progressing with great success in anticipation of its launch next year. 

Experts and technical representatives establish the key variables that will constitute the second regional report.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a national workshop in Madagascar to provide an overview of the FRA 2025 RSS methodology.

FAO has monitored global forests through its Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) since 1948.