“Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest): accelerating capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and awareness raising” is an ambitious project led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and financed by the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) trust fund of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Building on its lessons learned and achievements, the second phase of CBIT-Forest is designed to enhance the quality, timeliness, accessibility and usability of forest-related data in developing countries, in line with the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) requirements of the Paris Agreement.
In focus
Institutionalization of forest data - Learning journey
01/12/2025
The institutionalization of forest data (IFD) learning journey aims to create a well-defined pathway for optimizing the use of forest data while highlighting...
Video
FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 – comprehensive new information on the world’s forests
23/10/2025
The latest global report on forests by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has some encouraging findings but cautions that continued...
Branching out: Synergies in forest assessments and climate transparency reporting
01/12/2025
The FRA and BTR reporting contains an extensive set of complementary indicators and metrics that show significant topical overlap, despite variations...
Events
17/11
2025
The crucial roles of women, youth, and Indigenous peoples in forest conservation | COP30
17/11/2025
Theme: Amazon Basin Day: Regional perspectives on forests in NDCs, SFM, Indigenous Peoples’ leadership, forest-climate-biodiversity-land synergies, youth and local community solutions
Time: 10:00am – 10:50am (UTC-3)
13/11
2025
Brazilian Presidency of the Latin American and Caribbean Forest Inventories Network | Forest information | COP30
13/11/2025
Theme: Forest information
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm (UTC-3)
12/11
2025
Open Foris Arena user meeting: project examples and updates on the latest development
12/11/2025
Agenda (in Central European Time)
Partners
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- AIM4Forests
- FAO and the GEF
- FAO Capacity Development
- Global Forest Resources Assessment
- Forest Monitoring and Data Platforms
- Open Foris
- REDD+
- SEPAL