Fifty multistakeholder representatives came together in Kisantu in October 2026 for a national dialogue on institutionalizing the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national forest monitoring system (NFMS). Led by the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and New Climate Economy (ME...

Delegates from nine countries explored how to sustainably finance national forest monitoring systems (NFMSs) during a workshop on country-led planning (CLP) organized from 3 to 6 November in the context of the 2026 GFOI country forum: A South-South knowledge e...

Tropical forest countries gathered at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome from 3 to 5 November for the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) South-South Exchange (SSX). One stream focused on how progress in measurement, reporting and ve...

Coffee from Kenya, cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire, rubber from Malaysia and Cambodia, palm oil from Indonesia. Behind each of these commodities are millions of plots of land, most of them farmed by smallholders, and a growing demand to show where and how they were produced.

New regulatory fram...

Rome, 5 November – Participants at the 2026 GFOI country forum: A South-South knowledge exchange (GFOI SSX 2026) closed three da...

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

A sustainable national forest monitoring system (NFMS) depends on more than technical capacity; it requires strong institutions, effective coordination and a shared commitment across the organizations that generate and use forest information. In Guatemala, national institutions are strengtheni...

More than 40 representatives from government institutions, technical and financial partners, civil society, academia and international organizations gathered in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 5 June 2026 to explore how the Global Forest Observations Initiative’s (GFOI) Country-...

The Country-Led Planning (CLP) programme of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) convened the first session of its new “Connect & Align” virtual forum series for Africa on

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component hosted the fifth session of the virtual GFOI R&D Exchange series, “Country-identified R&D nee...

At the request of the Government of Kenya, the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Country-Led Planning (CLP) team conducted a weeklong mission of bilateral meetings and one-day workshop with support from the country office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) invites members of the forest and carbon monitoring community to contribute to the GFOI Family of Resources.

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The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is pleased to welcome Belize as the newest country to formally start a Country-Led Planning (CLP) process to strengthen the institutionalization and long-term sustainability of its National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). Belize submitted a for...

Guatemala is steadily advancing toward the implementation of its National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) Roadmap through a structured, country-led and interinstitutional process rooted in both technical coordination and political commitment.

The process began with a clear national inter...

Hanoi, 4-7 May 2026, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) worked closely with the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) to discuss a series of potential activities supporting Viet Nam in strengthening its National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) through a ...

The following hands-on session addressed challenges and opportunities for integrating forest biomass information from forest inventories, national statistics and Earth Observation to strengthen the monitoring and reporting of forest biomass for environmental assessments and climate action. It ...

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The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), in partnership with the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme, is pleased t...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is a partnership to assist tropical countries with monitoring their forest and carbon resources. Through collaborative action, GFOI partners come together to share their expertise and resources to support tropical countries with creating forest ...

From 4 to 5 March 2026, stakeholders across Zambia met in Lusaka for a national dialogue on institutionalizing the national forest monitoring system (NFMS). Led by the Government of Zambia as part of their

Governance is becoming a central theme in efforts to strengthen national forest monitoring systems under the Country-Led Planning (CLP) programme of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), a partnership for assisting tropical countries to monitor their forest and carbon resources.