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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.
Protection of the upside-down forest - monitoring and sustainable use of the Cerrado
19/02/2018
When talking about deforestation in Brazil we often focus on the Amazon. But not everyone knows that just on the Amazonian border lies its often forgotten neighbour — the second...
Assessing forest degradation in Ethiopia using cutting edge tools
18/02/2018
How can a country tackle assessing forest degradation if it doesn’t have historical field data? Enter SEPAL (System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring), a...
New research paper: Emission factor estimators for large-area forest inventories
15/02/2018
A new paper has been published in Springer Nature’s Environmental and Ecological Statistics journal on emission factor estimators used for large-area forest inventories. Written by Luca Birigazzi, Javier G. P....
Forest biomass, productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa
15/02/2018
A new research paper in the Global Change Biology journal has been published on forest biomass, productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa, providing the first...
Developing, implementing and monitoring local REDD+ action plans
15/02/2018
Drawing on successful pilot REDD+ initiatives supported by the UN-REDD Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Nepal and Viet Nam, the International Centre...
Productive South-South REDD+ exchange between Cambodia and Ecuador to share experiences in preparing and implementing REDD+ actions
09/01/2018
A delegation of the Royal Government of Cambodia visited their counterparts of Ecuador for an intensive and productive REDD+ exchange mission that took place from 4-14 December 2017. The aim...
Mexico launches world’s first operational REDD+ Safeguards Information System
05/01/2018
Led by the National Forestry Commission of Mexico (CONAFOR) and with the Mexico REDD+ Project and the UN-REDD Programme’s support, Mexico has worked to design and establish its REDD+ National...
Technical training and South-South collaboration: Pacific Regional Workshop on Forest Monitoring
04/01/2018
Over 40 forest monitoring experts from Pacific Island countries - Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Indonesia and the Pacific Community (SPC) met in Port Moresby, Papua New...
Watching forests from space
21/12/2017
By watching the forest from a different perspective, we can understand the impact forests have on our way of life.
Thomas Pesquet, an ESA astronaut, had a unique opportunity to do...
West Africa advances in Measurement, Reporting and Verification - moving toward enhanced transparency under the Paris Agreement
20/12/2017
Each year, more and more countries recognize forests’ potential in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). This October, two events took place in West Africa to improve the...