AIM4Forests: Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests

E-learnings
Open Foris Ground
17/09/2025

This course describes the growing challenges of field data collection and the use of open-source solutions like Open Foris Ground. In this course, you...

Measurement, reporting and verification for environmental integrity: Application
12/11/2024

Forests area change estimates are crucial for estimating forest-related emissions and removals in the REDD+ context. This two-lesson course emphasize...

Measurement, reporting and verification for environmental integrity: Introduction
05/12/2025

This course highlights the importance of forests in climate change mitigation and how quality measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) is needed...

Uncertainty in estimating forest emissions: Introduction to Monte Carlo
19/03/2026

Deforestation makes a significant contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and in order to achieve goals such as the 2015 Paris Agreement,...

Introduction to Forest Mapping and Monitoring Tools for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
01/10/2024

In this self-paced course, you will gain basic information about popular forest mapping and monitoring tools and understand how they can help Indigenous...

Sharing the experience on “Forest and land monitoring for climate action – SEPAL” facilitated course
17/06/2024

The overall objective of this course is to support knowledge and skills development to operationally apply high-resolution satellite imagery to critical...

Institutionalization of forest data
02/07/2023

This course intends to establish a clear path towards a more efficient and effective use of forest data, underscoring the crucial significance of institutionalizing...

National forest inventory results: Reporting and dissemination
National forest inventory results: Reporting and dissemination
01/10/2023

This course covers national forest inventory (NFI) reporting in detail and establishes the importance of reporting in the context of REDD+ actions.

Elements in data analysis
01/10/2023

This course offers guidance on the typical approaches and calculations used in forest data analyses and related topics.

Quality assurance and quality control in a national forest inventory
01/10/2023

This course provides an overview of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) procedures in forest inventory data collection and management.

Data management in a national forest inventory
01/10/2023

This course provides an overview of information gathering and data management for national forest inventories (NFI).

Introduction to fieldwork
01/10/2023

This course lays down the considerations for fieldwork and discusses plot-level variables as well as tree-level measurements.

Introduction to sampling
01/10/2023

This course covers the general aspects of sampling in forest inventories and aims to introduce the basic concepts and characteristics of a sampling...

Preparing for a national forest inventory
01/10/2023

This course describes the planning and preparation phase of a national forest inventory (NFI).

Why a national forest inventory?
01/10/2023

This course describes the goals and purpose of a national forest inventory (NFI) and explores how NFIs inform policy- and decision-making in the forest...

E-learning series: National forest inventory
E-learning series: National forest inventory
02/01/2024

The national forest inventory (NFI) e-learning series consisting of eight courses provides an overview of the key phases of an NFI, from planning to...