Training workshop in Open Foris Arena and Arena Mobile for forest inventories

20/07/2026 - 24/07/2026

The objective of the training workshop is to enhance countries’ capacity to collect, store, analyze and report forest inventory data for management planning. To this end, greater familiarity with FAO’s open-source tools is essential. This training course aims to build expertise in the use of Open Foris Arena for collecting, managing, validating and analyzing forest inventory data. T...

Forestry Students’ visit to FAO

24/06/2026

As the global community intensifies efforts to address climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, forests remain central to achieving sustainable development goals. Strengthening the capacity of future forestry professionals remains essential to support countries in implementing innovative, data-driven, and inclusive forest management approaches.

In this context, the

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

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 expe...

8th Informal Forum of the Consultative Group of Experts

Événement hybride, 03/03/2026

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

Webinar on the progress of Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) implementation under the Paris Agreement

28/01/2026

• Transparency & Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV)
  
• English

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)

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)

Open Foris Arena user meeting: project examples and updates on the latest development

12/11/2025

Agenda (in Central European Time)

World Café on Support for ETF Reporting and Capacity-Building 18/CMA.5 and 21/CMA.6 - Part I - Mandated event

Belém (Brazil), 10/11/2025

The workshop will be convened in-person and in world café format, with an aim to enable interactive exchange of views and discussion among Parties as well as with the GEF and its implementing agencies. The event is open to all SB 63 participants. National transparency experts and national focal points who are involved in transparency-related activities are strongly encouraged to attend t...

31st Session Asia-Pacific Forestry Commissio

Chiang Mai (Thailand), 04/11/2025 - 07/11/2025

The 31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission will be hosted by the Royal Forest Department of Thailand.

43rd Session of the European Forestry Commission and Istanbul Forest Innovation Week

İstanbul (Türkiye), 22/10/2025 - 25/10/2025

Created in 1947, the European Forestry Commission (EFC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis. It meets every two years.

Plénière 2025 de la GFOI

Événement hybride, 21/10/2025 - 23/10/2025

L'Initiative mondiale pour l'observation des forêts (GFOI), en collaboration avec le Ministère indonésien des Forêts, a le plaisir d'annoncer que la Plénière 2025 de la GFOI se tiendra du 21 au 23 octobre 2025 à Bali, en Indonésie, et en ligne. Pour y assister en personne ou en ligne, veuillez-vous inscrire ...

Young Forest Champions: Indigenous and Rural Youth in Action

Événement hybride, 15/10/2025

In the context of the World Food Forum flagship event, 10-17 October 2025, the side event "Young Forest Champions: Indigenous and Rural Youth in Action" will be held both online and in the German Room at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, on <...

2nd Meeting of Lead Reviewers of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR)

23/09/2025

The Second Meeting of Lead Reviewers of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR) under the Enhanced Transparency Framework will take place on 23 September 2025.

Forum mondial sur la transparence 2025

03/09/2025 - 05/09/2025

Les partenaires mondiaux de la transparence climatique CBIT-GSP (financé par le FEM, mis en œuvre par le PNUE et exécuté par le PNUE-CCC), le PNUD, la FAO, la CCNUCC, l'ICAT et la PATPA organisent conjointement le deuxième Forum mondial sur la transparence afin d'offrir un espace aux pays, aux partenaires de développement et aux praticiens de la transparence pour échanger leurs expériences, réf...

GFOI Information Exchange 2025

03/09/2025 - 04/09/2025

The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) is pleased to announce the 2025 series of information exchanges. Three teleconferences will be held with focus on countries and organizations in major tropical forest regions of the world: Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

These exchanges provide an opportunity for GFOI partners to update the communit...

International forestry students’ symposium 2025

16/08/2025 - 30/08/2025

Event Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifss2025indonesia/

Event website: https://ifsa.net/ifss-2025/

The intervention on 26 August 2025 had 77 attendees (45 women and 32 men).

Regional Training on Geographic Information System (GIS), Forest Inventories, and Open Foris Tools

14/07/2025 - 18/07/2025

Organized by the FAO–Türkiye Forestry Partnership Programme, this regional training aims to strengthen technical skills in forest data collection and spatial analysis. The training is implemented under the project “Improving Biodiversity and Sustainable Forestry (GCP/SEC/025/TUR)” in collaboration with the CBIT-Forest II Project.

The training will introduce...

Forest Data Without Borders: Knowledge Exchange on National Forest Inventories and Forest Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

07/07/2025 - 11/07/2025

Second In-Person Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean National Forest Inventory Network