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Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements on FAO’s work to halt deforestation, forest degradation and emissions. Here you will find updates on new initiatives, key milestones, and important information from countries and partners working together for forests, climate and sustainable development.
FAO to hold a series of technical virtual events on forest monitoring tools in West Africa
13/11/2020
Recognizing the role of forests in combatting climate change, many African countries are implementing strategies to halt deforestation and manage their forest resources sustainably. For these countries, National Forest Monitoring...
FAO to kick-off assessment of drivers of deforestation and degradation in Central Africa
02/11/2020
The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) kicked-off a project aimed at the development of a standardized methodology, to assess...
Join our webinar “Open and Transparent Forest Data: Innovation and Technology for Climate Action”
28/10/2020
A key pillar of the Paris Agreement is the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), which aims to raise ambitions for climate action through transparent country reporting. The development of National Forest...
Fostering partnership & networking: Latin America and the Caribbean cooperation to harmonize national forest inventories
28/10/2020
National forest inventory (NFI) is a fundamental pillar of a multipurpose National forest monitoring system (NFMS) as it provides accurate information about the extent, distribution, composition and condition of forests...
Connecting forest health to climate action
23/10/2020
Rocío Cóndor is an FAO Forestry Officer working on the Enhanced Transparency Framework and coordinating the GEF-funded Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency work related to the forest sector, known as CBIT-Forest. In...
Webinar: From reporting to payments: Current state and trends of REDD+ reporting to the UNFCCC
19/10/2020
GFOI partner the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a webinar to examine the current state and trends of REDD+ reporting (*) to the United...
Webinar :Catalyzing change through forest monitoring - Lessons from Brazil, Cameroon and Southern Africa
08/10/2020
GFOI partner the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is inviting to a discussion session on how forest monitoring can catalyze change on the ground by informing...
Join our webinar “Exchange of Community Forest Management Experiences in Latin America”
07/10/2020
Date: 13 October
Time: 10 a.m. Panama City time; 11 a.m. New York time; 5 p.m. Rome time; 10 p.m. Bangkok time
Please register here
Link: https://fao.zoom.us/j/98867103022?from=msft (password: 377368)
Language: Spanish
Forests are home to...
The UN-REDD Programme puts mangroves at the heart of REDD+ action in Myanmar
01/10/2020
The UN-REDD Programme has announced a USD 2 million project supported by the Government of Norway that will help make mangrove sustainable management, restoration and protection an integral part of...
WFW7 event “Catalyzing a science-based restoration movement in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: monitoring and action on the ground”
30/09/2020
Join our virtual event “Catalyzing a science-based restoration movement in the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: monitoring and action on the ground” to learn about the latest...