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Antigua, Guatemala – In a critical move to enhance forest management and address deforestation, Guatemala is taking significant steps to strengthen its national forest monitoring system (NFMS). The country faces environmental and climatic challenges, from water regulation to biodiversity conservation, making a strengthened monitoring system a key priority. The Global Forest...

The Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) held the second session of the GFOI R&D Exchanges on 18 February 2025, which focused on the critical aspects of wetland monitoring. The engaging discussion covered the inclusion of wetlands in in nationally determined contributions (NDCs), key...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) has released its groundbreaking “Blue carbon” module on the GFOI Family of Resources (GFoR) to advance the sustainable management and integrity of coastal wetlands worldwide. This comprehensive material serves as a guide through the methodological steps to reporting on emissions and removals from coastal wetlands in...

More than 150 experts from across the globe convened in Rome, Italy, from 25 to 28 November 2024 to enhance collaboration on forest monitoring efforts. The south-south knowledge exchange  emphasized collaboration on country-led planning; forest monitoring and measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) procedures; and forest monitoring for transparent commodity value...

Over the past decade, space-based technology has revolutionized how we monitor and manage forests worldwide. Biomass data based on Earth Observation (EO) present an opportunity to further improve these efforts; however, we first must ensure the technology is operationally ready to be used by countries in their national forest monitoring...

The Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) held the first session of the GFOI R&D Exchanges on 17 September 2024. This session focused on practical examples of near real-time (NRT) alert use in the field. With approximately 200 participants joining the exchange, the...