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Boosting transparency of forest data

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Guatemala opens access to national forest inventory for greater data transparency

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Honduras boosts forest transparency with the publication of first and second national forest inventory cycles in FAO’s FAM Catalogue

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Global Transparency Community Meetings create momentum for data-driven NDC 3.0 delivery

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Spain strengthens global forest transparency by sharing National Forest Inventory data in FAO’s FAM Catalogue

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Why forest data transparency matters for climate action: introducing the CBIT-Forest initiative

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Global Transparency Community Meetings: Enabling data-driven progress on NDC 3.0 implementation

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Forests at the heart of economic activity and resilience worldwide

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Forest and climate synergies

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Papua New Guinea publishes national forest inventory in FAM Catalogue for strengthened forest data transparency

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Open Foris: Open-source solutions for Forest and Land monitoring

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How FAO forestry monitoring digital badges support learners’ growth

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CBIT-Forest II – Two years of advancing global forest data transparency

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Branching out: Connecting global forest and climate data

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Learning forests: why education matters for forest data and climate action

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Youth, Indigenous Peoples and Forest Monitoring: Insights from the FAO–IFSA Session at COP30

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With FAO support, the Ministry of Environment and Energy is promoting transparency of forestry data in Ecuador

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Colombia strengthens transparency and open knowledge of its forests with FAO support

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Transparent and robust forest monitoring enabling the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - a historic paradigm shift in global efforts to protect and restore tropical forests

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Kosovo strengthens Forest Monitoring with Open Foris Arena

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Indigenous and rural young champions lead the way

Launching a Global Youth Forest Monitoring Network

“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
Open Foris Arena
06/05/2026

Explore this series of bite-sized e-learning video modules to quickly build practical skills in designing surveys and collecting high-quality field...

Breaking down forest data transparency - Voices from partners and countries
14/04/2026

This page brings together perspectives from partner organizations and country representatives working on these issues in practice. Through these voices,...

Events

19/5

2026

20/5

2026

Third Meeting of Lead Reviewers of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR)
19/05/2026 - 20/05/2026

  • Bonn, Germany
  • UN Campus
  • Transparency & Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV)
  • English

14/4

2026

16/4

2026

Global Transparency Community Meetings: Enabling data-driven progress on NDC 3.0 implementation
Naivasha (Kenya), 14/04/2026 - 16/04/2026

The CBIT-Forest II project will participate in the 2026 Global Transparency Community Meetings, to be held from 14 to 16 April 2026 in Naivasha, Kenya, under the theme “Transparency to Drive Effective Implementation of NDC 3.0”.

The event will bring together policymakers, transparency practitioners, Nationally Determined Contribution government focal points and climate experts from mor...

3/3

2026

8th Informal Forum of the Consultative Group of Experts
Hybrid Event, 03/03/2026

  • Virtual event
  • Bonn / Virtual
  • UN Campus
  • English

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