Enhancing Ghana’s forest monitoring system for climate action through AIM4Forests

01/04/2025

Ghana’s commitment to sustainable forest management and climate action has been further strengthened through the assessment of needs and gaps. The application of the national forest monitoring system (NFMS) assessment tool has been instrumental in this process.

Forest monitoring for transparent commodity supply chains

19/11/2024

Over the last two decades, consumers have grown more aware of the environmental and social impacts of commodity production. Many companies have started to address those concerns by adopting codes of conduct or making public commitments to improve their business and sourcing practices.

Options for addressing the risk of non-permanence for land-based mitigation in carbon crediting programmes

05/11/2024

To mitigate climate change, global efforts must focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing atmospheric CO2. Carbon crediting programmes offer incentives by issuing tradable credits for each tonne of CO2 equivalent reduced or removed. However, these credits often face a challenge called "non-permanence" or reversal risk, where carbon stored in reservoirs like forests and soils may be rereleased due to natural or human-induced events.

A Land Indicator for traditional knowledge, land tenure and use on Indigenous and traditional territories

03/10/2024

Land governance is fundamental to the achievement of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the secure land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are especially crucial.

Towards a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-related trade regulations What is in that plot? (Whisp) solution to implement convergence of evidence

31/05/2024

This is a collaborative effort between partners and programmes such as the European Union’s Team Europe Initiative (TEI), the AIM4Forests and the Forest Data Partnership working with the AgStack Foundation. This joint effort aims to support smallholders by enabling ongoing access to regulated markets through open-source solutions designed to bridge crucial digital gaps.

Technological innovation driving transparent forest monitoring and reporting for climate action

21/03/2024

This paper reviews how countries are benefiting from technical innovations in their monitoring and reporting of forest-related emissions and removals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Forests play an important role in climate action. They are often mentioned in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) with targets conditional on international climate finance.

Good practices in sample-based area estimation

14/02/2024

This paper seeks to enable donors, academia, and countries that currently use or want to use sample-based area estimation (SBAE) for generating activity data for REDD+ or for other national or international reporting purposes, to delve into current good practice and existing literature, as well as gain a better understanding of the most pressing research needs in the area. The paper moreover will give non-experts an overview of area estimation, as well as its applications and limitations.

Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests

04/05/2023

AIM4Forests is a five-year programme that aims to support forest monitoring based on modern monitoring technologies and technical innovation, as well as the use of space data and remote sensing.

Estimating emissions and removals from forest degradation: An overview of country experience

02/05/2023

This booklet provides an overview of the methodological options available to countries to address these challenges while collecting the emerging experience of dozens of countries that have already reported on emissions from forest degradation internationally. The authors attempt to summarize country experiences in estimating carbon stock changes from forest degradation and their methodological options.

National Forest Inventories of Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards the harmonization of forest information

20/07/2021

This publication represents a milestone in the beginning of the harmonization process towards data transparency within the forestry sector in Latin America and the Caribbean and constitutes the first collaborative effort of a network of NFI experts and collaborators in the region.