Brazil, home to the world’s largest tropical forest, plays a pivotal role in global climate and biodiversity goals. With the support of the AIM4Forests programme, AIM4NatuRe and AIM4Commodities initiatives, the country is strengthening its national forest monitoring capacities and scaling up restoration through biocentric approaches. With the involvement of four Ministries – the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation - Brazil is leveraging Open Foris solutions in synergies with national efforts to improve data collection, analysis, reporting and transparency on forest and beyond.
Objectives and Technical Assistance Packages in Brazil
AIM4Forests supports Brazil through interlinked activities across different thematic areas:
- Enhancing the National forest inventory (NFI): In partnership with the Brazilian Forest Service, supporting the second NFI cycle through improved methodologies, digital solutions, remote sensing, and institutional frameworks.
- Strengthening the National forest information system: Enhancing forest data collection, automation, and dissemination to deliver more timely, accurate, and accessible information.
- Advancing REDD+ Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV): Supporting the REDD+ National Commission and its MRV group to improve forest emissions estimates and align national and subnational priorities.
- Monitoring forest change with BiomasBR: In collaboration with INPE, improving data collection and accuracy assessment of official forest data change, including from Prodes System.
- Promoting transparent commodity supply chains: In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), providing farmers with integrated access to the Whisp's functionalities via the AgroBrasil+ Sustentável platform. In collaboration with the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)'s BiomasBR Programme, supporting the assessment of the accuracy of national deforestation datasets that are informative for due diligence under the EUDR and other regulations.
- Tracking ecosystem restoration: Mapping non-governmental monitoring efforts to support national restoration goals under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Target 2 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
- Supporting PLANAVEG Monitoring Strategy: Through AIM4NatuRe Initiative, developing a national platform to monitore the National Plan for the Recovery of Native Vegetation – Planaveg’s aligned with FERM.
- Strengthening biocentric restoration and forest monitoring by Indigenous Peoples: Facilitating engagement and the exchange of knowledge on Indigenous Peoples’ biocentric restoration approaches across regions through AIM4NatuRe, in support of Targets 2 and 22 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The initiative includes technical capacity development in participatory tools and methodologies for forest monitoring and territorial mapping, as well as regional exchanges with networks of Indigenous and community-based organizations in Latin America, within the AIM4Forests community of practice.
Together, these efforts contribute to advancing Brazil’s climate and forest goals under the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Highlights
Forest monitoring takes centre stage at London Climate Action Week to advance Indigenous Peoples' rights, conservation and forest finance
03/07/2026
Forest monitoring plays a vital role in conserving forests, supporting climate action, and strengthening the land and tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples....
Brazil and FAO join forces to chart the way forward for the monitoring of Brazil’s forests and launch a technical solution that simplifies access to geospatial data
10/04/2026
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a workshop aimed at...
FAO supports countries’ readiness for the TFFF through strengthened forest monitoring
17/02/2026
As the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) prepares to become operational, countries are taking important steps to assess their eligibility...
FAO supports workshop to review the National Forest Inventory strategy in Brazil
06/11/2024
On October 31 and November 1, 2024, the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), with support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
South-south knowledge exchange drives innovation in forest monitoring
06/12/2024
More than 150 experts from across the globe convened in Rome, Italy, from 25 to 28 November 2024 to enhance collaboration on forest monitoring efforts....
FAO, INPE, UNDP and the Brazilian Governments join forces to improve data accuracy assessments for better forest monitoring
13/06/2025
In early June 2025, the National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE) in Brazil hosted the workshop...
AIM4Forests receives positive evaluation, confirming contribution to global climate action
19/09/2025
For the second year in a row, the AIM4Forests programme — a collaboration between the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United...
Brazil marks a milestone in ecosystem restoration with the first official monitoring estimates under Planaveg 2025–2028 at COP30
20/11/2025
At COP30, Brazil presented its first consolidated national estimate of native vegetation under restoration — 3.4 million hectares of — marking a historic...
A sacred duty
19/11/2025
As dawn breaks over the Ororubá Mountains in Pernambuco, Brazil, a group of Indigenous youth of the Xukuru do Ororubá people gather at the edge of a...
COP30: FAO’s AIM4Forests secures long-term financial support from the United Kingdom
15/11/2025
Belém, Brazil – The UK Government today announced long-term funding of GBP 16.9 million for the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests...
Indigenous Peoples combining ancestral knowledge with innovative forest monitoring towards fair and transparent climate finance
09/10/2025
Representatives of Indigenous Peoples and community organizations from Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, and...
Advancing Geospatial Monitoring for Ecosystem Restoration in Brazil
20/08/2025
From July 28 to 30, the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of...
From Forests to Nature - broadening impact through data, innovation and inclusion – FAO launches AIM4NatuRe on Earth Day
24/04/2025
On Earth Day 2025, FAO brought together global partners, national experts, youth leaders and Indigenous representatives to mark two milestones: the...
Mapping deforestation risk with the new AIM4Forests’ Deforisk solution
26/07/2024
In the efforts to halt deforestation, understanding where the greatest risks lie is crucial. According to the
AIM4Forests programme awarded A+ in first Annual Review by UK Government
22/07/2024
The AIM4Forests programme, a collaborative effort between the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Latin America prepares for new trade regulations on deforestation
26/06/2024
From April 24-25 in Lima, Peru, the regional workshop "Experiences and Advances in the Implementation of Market Regulations on Deforestation" took...
A sacred duty
19/11/2025
As dawn breaks over the Ororubá Mountains in Pernambuco, Brazil, a group of Indigenous youth of the Xukuru do Ororubá people gather at the edge of a...
Brasília (Brazil)
National Technical Scientific workshop "Advances in planning the Planaveg 2025-2028 geospatial monitoring system"
28/07/2025 - 30/07/2025
The workshop aims to promote the exchange of technical knowledge between the government, academia and civil society, with a focus on fundamental decisions...
Open Foris Solutions
National Partners
- Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
- Brazilian Forest Service
- National Secretariat for Biodiversity, Forests and Animal Rights
- Executive Secretariat of the National REDD+ Commission
- Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
- National Institute for Space Research
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
- UNDP Brazil
- UNDP Climate and Forests
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