The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) partners coordinate their activities across four interlinked components:

• capacity building (CB);
  • delivering direct assistance to developing countries;
• data coordination (DC);
  • supporting developing countries to use cost-effective data and tools;
• methods and guidance documentation (MGD);
  • delivering and disseminating user friendly guidance materials;
• research and development coordination (R&D); and
  • identifying new technologies and overcoming barriers to progress.

These four components and the priority work areas of the initiative and are driven by the contributions of GFOI partners.