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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.
UNFAO And Planet SEPAL Collaboration Drives Conservation Solutions Across Tropics
01/07/2020
In September 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with Planet to provide high spatial and temporal resolution satellite imagery to support the national forest...
Join our webinar “Open and Transparent: Forest data setting the course for green future under the Paris Agreement”
01/07/2020
Date: Wednesday 15 July
Time: 14:30 – 16:00 CEST
Platform: Zoom
Fast registration HERE (Please note that webinars have a limit of 1,000 simultaneous participants. For every webinar, we will proceed with providing...
FAO to undertake state of the art assessment of drivers of deforestation and degradation in Central Africa
25/06/2020
The Executive Board of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) approved a USD 1.2 million project aimed at assessing the recent drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in 6 countries...
Uganda becomes the first African country to submit REDD+ results to the UNFCCC
24/06/2020
Uganda has become the first African country to submit REDD+ results to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), paving the way to potential results-based payments. In its...
Enhancing emission estimations from the Forest Sector in Ecuador
23/06/2020
Ecuador has been engaging in national efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the forest sector, as an integral part of the National Action Plan for REDD+. Hence, the Ministry of...
Join our online session “COVID-19’s effects on deforestation and possible responses through strengthening legality and sustainability”
19/06/2020
WHEN: Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:00-13:00 CEST
WHERE: Zoom, bit.ly/FOcovid (to receive the login details for the webinar series, please email [email protected])
LANGUAGE: Simultaneous interpretation in EN/ES/FR
The ramifications of the COVID
Towards innovative, conflict-sensitive and human rights-based approaches to forest monitoring
16/06/2020
The Governments of Myanmar and Finland today launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to local conflicts and protects human...
Building a holistic monitoring framework for ecosystem restoration
13/06/2020
Ecosystem degradation negatively impacts the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people globally, with severe implications on global GDP. Investing in ecosystem restoration has been proven to support livelihoods, provide...
Deforestation continues globally, if at a slower pace
12/06/2020
Forests underpin life on Earth. Globally, around 2.4 billion people or one-third of the entire human population depend directly on forests for wood for cooking their daily meals. And we...
Strengthening the legal basis for sustainable national forest monitoring systems
09/06/2020
Forests play a pivotal role in combating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon from the atmosphere. Together with improved land management, forests and trees could provide up to 30...