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GFOI partner the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment will purchase and freely distribute high resolution satellite imagery of all tropical forests. A broad set of stakeholders will be given free access to use the data to better analyze forests and land use change, including governments, scientists and NGOs. The international...

A special issue of the “Remote Sensing” Journal, under "Forest Remote Sensing, is open for submissions on “National REDD+ Monitoring and Reporting”. The deadline is 29 May 2020. Contributors are welcome to submit national or local case studies related to humid and dry forests. The manuscripts can cover different monitoring targets...

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is compiling a Registry of Tools available to support countries in forest monitoring activities. The tool will be considered for inclusion within this registry if it: - is a software which can be used within a National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) and associated measurement, reporting and verification...

Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in a 2012 Resolution and celebrated annually on 21 March, the International Day of Forests (IDF) celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each IDF, countries are encouraged to organize tree planting campaigns or other activities involving forests and...

GFOI welcomes SERVIR-Amazonia, the new hub for satellite data, Earth science, local data, and visualization tools across the Amazon Basin. SERVIR Amazonia will be funded by USAID with science and technology support from NASA, and implemented by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and a network of local and international partners...

To improve its focus on helping developing countries to develop national forest monitoring systems (NFMS) and associated emissions measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) requirements, GFOI is developing a new Country Needs Assessment (CNA) process. The CNAs are a systematic assessment, by countries, of their own needs to operationalize and improve...