At a dedicated side event during the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Plenary 2025 held on 23 October 2025 in Bali, Indonesia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a new digital report highlighting experiences and lessons learned from national ...

Rome/Bali – Deforestation has slowed in all of the world’s regions in the last decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Released every five years, the 2025 editio...

UN Climate Change News, 9 October 2025 – Lead reviewers under the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and consistency of technical expert reviews of Parties’ Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs). These reports assess the actions c...

Mexico is reinforcing its forest monitoring capacities – a vital step for the nearly 12 million people, including 3.6 million Indigenous Peoples, who depend on forests for their livelihoods. 

In August 2024, FAO provided a dedicated training on Open Foris Arena, FAO’s open-source platform for field data collection and analysis and funded under the “AIM4Forests: Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests” programme funded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the project “Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector” (CBIT-Forest). Twenty-five specialists from the National Forestry Commission of Mexico (CONAFOR) learned how to design surveys, collect data with Arena Mobile, and integrate statistical analysis directly into their workflows.  

Thailand has taken a significant step toward enhancing forest data transparency by publishing data on their national forest inventory (NFI) in the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue...

Forest data was at the center of the Global Transparency Forum 2025, a gathering organized under the Climate Transparency Platform to bring together governments, technical experts, and international organizations. Held in Songdo, Republic of Korea, the Forum provided a space to exchange experiences on how countries can meet the transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement.

Mongolia has taken a decisive step toward modernizing its forest monitoring system by advancing the digital management of its national fore...

The 2025 Global Transparency Forum is set to take place from 3 to 5 September in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The Forum w...

Students, youth and young professionals are increasingly recognized as key actors in advancing sustainable forest management and climate solutions. The project “Building global capacity to inc...

Forests are home to a wealth of biodiversity; they protect our climate and support a wide range of livelihoods. Recognizing the critical role of forests and as part of its commitment to sustainable biodiversity conservation and forest management, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the FAO-Türkiye Forestry Partnership Programme, has launched a regional training programme for sustainable forestry – equipping participating countries with inclusive planning approaches and cutting-edge digital solutions.

Quito – The Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition of Ecuador (Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica del Ecuador, MAATE in Spanish), through the national forest monitoring system (NFMS), is tasked with collecting and generating periodi...

Abuja, Nigeria - The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), has kicked-off the collaboration under the AIM4Forests project aimed at addressing ...

Introduction

The Université Nationale d’Agriculture (UNA), formerly Université d’Agriculture de Kétou, was established in 2013 in Benin to sup...

From 7 to 11 July, forest officers and specialists from 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries gathered in Antigua Guatemala for the second in-person meeting of the National Forest Inventories Network for Latin American and the Caribbean  (IFN-LAC Network). The event marked a new milestone in the regional forest data harmonization process, strengthening technical capacities, promoting the use of innovative technologies, and fostering transparency in forest resource management.

The Gambia is transforming how it monitors and manages its forest, leaving behind paper-based data collection and embracing digital solutions to map, measure, and manage its forests with greater accuracy and efficiency. Led by the Gambia's Department of Forestry and supported by the Food and A...

Close to 20 countries from the region are meeting in Guatemala to enhance their forest monitoring systems, advance methodological harmonisation, and promote open data, in response to the growing international demand for transparent and verifiable forest information.

Forests are more than trees. They support food, water, and energy security. They regulate the climate and shelter millions of people. But to protect them, countries need solid information. And that means better data. Reliable forest data helps answer key questions: How much forest has been lost? Where is it growing back? Which policies are working - and which don’t?

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has taken a major step toward increasing transparency in forest data and promoting the sustainable management of its natural resources by publishing the metadata and resources of its National Forest Inventory (NFI) on the FAO’s Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue.