Videos
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 commitment is needed if forests are to be conserved, restored and sustainably managed.
Toward the institutionalization of forest data – why management and sharing matter
25/09/2025
Institutionalizing forest data means making reliable, shared, long-term information a core part of how countries manage forests. It brings together national forest monitoring systems, clear data standards and roles, quality control, secure storage, open access and interoperability – so observa...
Interview with Rugiatu Bundu (Sierra Leona) on the National Forest Inventory online course
25/05/2025
Rugiatu Bundu, from the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change of Sierra Leona, shares her insights on the FAO National Forest Inventory online course. Rugiatu discusses how the course empowered her with essentials of effective national forest inventory implementation, from planning to reporting.
Institutionalization of forest data: Online facilitated course
14/03/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations presents the “Institutionalization of forest data” online facilitated course. This course explores the importance of institutionalizing a robust national forest monitoring system with a focus on transparency, sustainability and data sharing. Register and start your learning experience today at https://bit.ly/4jLUFcV
A closing conversation with FAO - CBIT-Forest Phase II
12/02/2025
Through a conversation with the FAO-CBIT Global Forest project team, this webinar provides an overview of the Project’s objectives and activities with a focus on improving forest data collection and analyzing. It also offers an in-depth exploration of the Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) and Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) platforms.
FAO elearning Academy: Empowering Global Forest Monitoring
06/12/2024
Svenja Bunte, Programme Manager and Senior Policy Advisor in the International Forest Unit (REDD+), UK Government, highlights the progress achieved under the FAO elearning Academy through UK-funded initiatives like the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) program.
FAO elearning Academy: Integration of forest monitoring courses into the Master's Programme
20/11/2024
Professor Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Vice-Rector for University Research, National University of Agriculture of Benin, explains how he integrated the FAO eLearning Academy's course series Forest Monitoring for Climate Action into the Master's program.
Interview with Olgah Hellens (Kenya) on the e-learning series Forest Monitoring for Climate Action
19/11/2024
Olgah Hellens, Founder and Director of iConserve in Kenya, and Forest Carbon Champion supported by the FAO’s AIM4Forests programme, shares her insights on the FAO e-learning series “Forest Monitoring for Climate Action”.
FAO elearning Academy: Forestry Sector Insights with Rocío Cóndor, Forestry Officer
14/11/2024
Rocío Cóndor, Forestry Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), shares her experience preparing e-learning courses for the forestry sector. She emphasizes the value of collaborating with the FAO elearning Academy to enhance capacity development and extend the reach of forestry knowledge.
Deforisk: Innovating deforestation risk mapping for climate action
17/09/2024
Deforisk is a cutting-edge solution developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with financial support from the AIM4Forests: Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests programme and in collaboration with the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD).
Brazilian Forest Service objectives: Interview with Marcus Vinicius Alves, Deputy Director-General
17/09/2024
Marcus Vinicius Alves, Deputy Director-General from the Brazilian Forest Service, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, discusses the current objectives of the Brazilian Forest Service. He highlights innovative solutions used in forest monitoring, and the important role of Indigenous Peoples.
National Forest Inventory: Online facilitated course
18/06/2024
Accurate forest data from National Forest Inventories is vital to country efforts to protect, restore, and sustainably manage their forests. Our online facilitated course explores the essentials of National Forest Inventory, from planning, implementation and reporting. Register and start your learning experience today at https://bit.ly/NFIregistrationform
E-learning series: Forest Monitoring for Climate Action
06/06/2024
This series of multilingual, self-paced e-learning courses aims to strengthen institutional and technical capacities and meet measurement, reporting and verification requirements, as well as the enhanced transparency framework requisites. Register and start your learning experience today at https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=1000
Open Foris ARENA – a new tool for easy and efficient forest data collection and analysis
09/07/2021
Arena is an open-source technical solution enabling forest data collection, storage, management and analysis. Open Foris is a suite of open-source solutions that can be tailored to fit user’s needs, from field data collection to satellite image classification. With the addition of this new platform, the analysis and reporting of forest data is more efficient and flexible than ever before.
Forests and Transparency under the Paris Agreement
15/03/2021
This educational video is aimed at raising awareness on the importance of forest data collection, analysis and dissemination under the Paris Agreement, focusing on the establishment of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) and National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS).
Insight into the Global Forest Resources Assessment process
03/03/2021
Forests cover nearly one-third of land on Earth. They shelter most of the planet’s biodiversity, help fight climate change and are a source of vital products and services. Reliable information on the status of forest resources is crucial to halting deforestation and managing forests wisely. The Global Forest Resources Assessments is the most comprehensive assessment of the world’s forests.
Enhancing forest monitoring in local communities: voices from Colombia
19/09/2019
This video was produced by the UN-REDD Programme in Colombia, Acandi, on community monitoring of forests, with COCOMASUR.
Building capacity to enhance transparency - CBIT
08/11/2017
The Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) aims to strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of developing countries to meet the transparency requirements of the Paris Agreement. Discover how this can help your country: https://www.thegef.org/CBIT