As many countries are now well advanced in developing and strengthening their national forest monitoring system (NFMS), South-South Exchange (SSX) has become a priority for the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) community. Countries that have recently advanced their own NFMS are especially well positioned to support and guide others in earlier stages of this process. The GFOI SSX helps strengthen these country-to-country exchanges and foster lasting collaboration across the global forest monitoring community.
The last physical event was held in 2026 in Rome, Italy. For more information, please click here.
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Rome, 5 November – Participants at the 2026 GFOI country forum: A South-South knowledge exchange (GFOI SSX 2026) closed three da...
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Rome, 3 November – Representatives from approximately 22 tropical forest countries gathered at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday for the
