The GFOI Plenary is the major global gathering for countries, donors, development partners and practitioners working in the forest monitoring sector. Discussions focus on the role of international cooperation in improving forest monitoring capabilities in tropical countries to enable better fo...
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) held the second session of its online series of “Connect and reflect” virtual forums for Country-Led Planning (CLP) on 18 September 2025. The theme of this second forum was “Enabling factors for CLP implementation: Exploring the minimum conditions and key elements to launch and sustain the CLP process at the national level”.
The 2025 Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information Exchange for Latin America and the Caribbean provided an opportunity for partners to update the GFOI community on recent progress, hot topics and common challenges that countries encountered in the development and sustainment of th...
The 2025 Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information Exchange for the Asia-Pacific provided an opportunity for partners to update the GFOI community on recent progress, hot topics and common challenges that countries encountered in the development and sustainment of their national fo...
The 2025 Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information Exchange for Africa provided an opportunity for partners to update the GFOI community on recent progress, hot topics and common challenges that countries encountered in the development and sustainment of their national forest monit...
The Research and Development (R&D) Coordination Component of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) held the third session of the GFOI R&D Exchanges on 30 June 2025. Nearly 200 participants gathered for the virtual exchange, “Insights on degradation and regrowth: From research to reporting.”
The Research and Development Coordination Component of the Global Forest Observations Initiative held the second session of its virtual exchanges on 18 February 2025. Over 246 participants gathered for the exchange, which focused on the critical aspects of wetland monitoring.
The Global Forest Observations Initiative Research and Development Coordination Component hosted the first session of its virtual exchanges on 17 September 2024. In this session, we were provided with practical examples of near real-time alert use in the field and engaged in a community discussion to gather input on the key challenges and opportunities on the use of forest disturbance alerts.
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information Exchange for Latin America and the Caribbean provided an opportunity for partners to update the GFOI community on recent progress, hot topics and...
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information Exchange for Africa provided an opportunity for partners to update the GFOI community on recent progress, hot topics and common challenges that countries...
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information Exchange for the Asia-Pacific region provided an opportunity for partners to update the GFOI community on recent progress, hot topics and common challenges...
A webinar to learn how the high-resolution satellite imagery has been used to better monitor tropical forests and enable action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The event is hosted by...
This video features the consultation of the Methods and Guidance Documentation (MGD) component during the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) virtual Plenary 2021.
This video features the consultation of the Data component during the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) virtual Plenary 2021. Alongside the main event, participants at the Plenary had the opportunity...
This video features the consultation of the R&D component during the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) virtual Plenary 2021. Alongside the main event, participants at the Plenary had the opportunity...
This video features the consultation of the Capacity Building component during the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) virtual Plenary 2021. Alongside the main event, participants at the Plenary had the...
SilvaCarbon in collaboration with McGill University delivered this past week a Google Earth Engine Training on Land Cover Change Mapping. This training was an introductory two days sessions, meaning a...
SilvaCarbon in collaboration with McGill University delivered a Google Earth Engine Training on Land Cover Change Mapping. This training was an introductory two days sessions, meaning a combination of teaching...
This is the video recording of the GFOI webinar "Biomass Monitoring", which took place on 3 November 2020, hosted by the GFOI’s R&D Coordination Component and partners the GOFC-GOLD Land...
This is the video recording of the webinar "From reporting to payments: current state and trends of REDD+ reporting to the UNFCCC", which took place on 28 October 2020: https://bit.ly/2RUmZOj. A...
