21/10
2025
Official launch of the results from the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2025
Moderator: Zhimin Wu, Director of Forestry, FAO
Welcome remarks:
21/10
2025
23/10
2025
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), together with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, are pleased to announce that the GFOI Plenary 2025 will take place from 21–23 October 2025 in Bali, Indonesia, and online. To attend the plenary in person or online, please
21/10
2025
Presentations and a panel discussion between representatives of the different forest monitoring forums
Moderators:
21/10
2025
Welcome remarks from the Indonesian Government, FAO and the GFOI Leads Group
Moderator: Tom Harvey, GFOI Office
Speakers:
4/9
2025
Join the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) online for its 2025 virtual information exchange for the Asia-Pacific region on 4 September 2025, 10.00-11.30 CEST (UTC+2). Register here!
The GFOI Information Exchanges provide a platform for partners to up...
4/9
2025
Join the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) online for its 2025 virtual information exchange for Latin America and the Caribbean on 4 September 2025, 16.00-17.30 CEST (UTC+2). Register here!
The GFOI Information Exchanges provide a platform for partn...
3/9
2025
Join the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) online for its 2025 virtual information exchange for Africa on 3 September 2025, 13.00-14.30 CEST (UTC+2). Register here!
The GFOI Information Exchanges provide a platform for partners to update the community on...
30/6
2025
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component is hosting the third session of its virtual GFOI R&D Exchanges, “Insights on degradation and regrowth: From research to reporting,” on 30 June 2025 from 16.00 to 18.00 CEST (GMT +2.00). Space is limited –
24/6
2025
Countries are working to advance forest monitoring for emissions and removals measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). The objective of MRV is typically to quantify the country’s contribution to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and to gain access to climate finance. The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is facilitating a process for country-led planning (CLP) where...
18/6
2025
Held 18 June 2025 from 12:00 to 13:15 CEST in the context of the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 62), the side event "
9/6
2025
10/6
2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), a Lead partner of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), is hosting an expert workshop with Purdue University under the AIM4Forests programme to advance the use of AI-driven technologies in forest growth monitoring and carbon mitigation. The workshop will focus on validating methodologies, enhancing data integration a...
18/2
2025
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component is hosting the second session of its virtual GFOI R&D Exchanges, "Monitoring tropical peatlands and mangroves", on 18 February 2025 from 14.00 to 15.30 CET (GMT +1.00). Space is limited –
12/2
2025
The Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency – Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP) is pleased to invite you to attend the webinar “A closing conversation with FAO - CBIT- Forest Phase II: Growing from past experience, innovating for the future” on 12 February 2025, 11.00-12.30 CET.
9/12
2024
13/12
2024
Join partners of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) at the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU24) session "Land cover change and its impacts in GHG fluxes." The AGU24 is taking...
1/12
2024
8/12
2024
The global event Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G 2024) will be hosted in Belém, Brazil from 1 to 8 December 2024.
28/11
2024
Join the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) and its lead partner, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for the webinar “Enhancing national forest monitoring systems for climate action: Tools, plans and approaches” on 28 November 2024 fro...
26/11
2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), a lead partner of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), is hosting the webinar “Learning opportunities for all: Strengthening forest data for better reporting.” Held from 13.30 to 14.15 CET on 26 No...
25/11
2024
The international community will gather in Rome, Italy, from 25 to 28 November 2024 for the global forum "Enhancing forest monitoring through global collaboration: A south-south knowledge exchange". Over 120 participants are expected to attend the event, including representatives from many tropical forest countries across Latin America, Africa, South-East Asia and the Pacific.
This...
25/11
2024
Join the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) and its lead partner, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for a livestreamed event on the evolving context of national forest monitoring from 10.00 to 12.00 CET and 15.30 to 17.00 CET on 25 November 2024. To ask your questions in real time,
8/10
2024
11/10
2024
The European Space Agency (ESA), a Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Lead partner, is hosting a forthcoming conference with the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Earth observation (EO) for measurement,...
