The Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems and to promote the scaling and adoption of good practices for their protection, sustainable management and restoration, while enhancing and contributing to environmental and socio-economic resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Monitoring is key to better understand the status of dryland forests. Various platforms exists. Recently the Framework on Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring (FERM) was launched. To track progress of efforts to restore degraded ecosystems on an unprecedented scale, FAO and partners are developing an operational monitoring and reporting framework for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. As outlined in the Decade’s Strategy, the FERM  builds on, and complements, existing international, regional and national reporting processes, their goals, targets, criteria and indicators by providing to people, communities and countries, under one common umbrella, providing access to data, methodological guidance and tools to monitor ecosystem restoration.

14.00-15.30 Technical Parallel Events on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems

- Technical Event A - Monitoring platforms for land degradation neutrality in drylands: Lebanon, Zimbabwe, FAO and GEO LDN 

- Technical Event B - Valorizing every drop: participatory monitoring tools and gender consideration in dryland restoration, Angola, Brazil, Jordan, Nepal, Swedish Forest Agency