Share your tool | The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Contact points

Please provide: name, e-mail and phone

Organization / Institution

Name of the instrument

Link to the instrument

Abstract

Please provide a brief description of the tool (200 words maximum)

Type of instrument

Guidelines or other normative tools

Methodology or approach

Web-based tool for data collection

GIS/Remote Sensing data

Ground based collection of data

Modelling results

Literature survey

Repository of data and information

Illustrative knowledge product (good practices, case studies...)

Please tick where suitable

Name of the project(s)/programme(s) in which this instrument is implemented

Countries in which the instrument is used and status of implementation

Please for each country / group of countries / region that you identify, state “to be launched”, “ongoing”, “final results available”

Ongoing partnerships

Other

Application of the instrument

Scope of the instrument

Actions against deforestation and land degradation

Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR)

Sustainable Land Management (SLM)

Integrated Landscape Management (ILM)

Scale of the instrument

Land use system

Other

Dimensions monitored / tracked by the instrument

Biophysical features (climate, soil, water, geomorphology...)

Ecological features (vegetation, fauna, biodiversity, ecosystem services...)

Socio-economic features (livelihoods, nutrition, capacities/human capital...)

Management

Governance and participation

Product / output of the instrument

Please, 50 words maximum

Cost of using the instrument (note that it should include costs of training, data collection…)

1

2

3

4

5

1 – minor cost, to 5 – high cost

Upscaling potential of the instrument (i.e. can the use of the instrument be easily generalized)

1

2

3

4

5

1 – small potential to be upscaled, to 5- high potential to be upscaled

Sustainability of the instrument (over time, i.e. will the instrument be easily re-used in the future)

1

2

3

4

5

1 – difficult to maintain over time, to 5 – easy to maintain over time

Target users of the instrument

Local communities Technical staff / Experts Project managers (NGOs, development partners,...) Policy makers Donors

Please select 3 options maximum

Main steps in using the instrument

Please, use steps: Step 1, Step 2,.... (150 words maximum)

Existence of data: (1 – yes, full data coverage to 5 – no data coverage, all to be collected)

1

2

3

4

5

Accessibility of data: (1 – data easily available, e.g. online to 5 – no data available)

1

2

3

4

5

Cost of data: (1 – free data, to 5 – very expensive data)

1

2

3

4

5

Quality of data according to the Kyoto protocol (1 – Tier 1, 3– tier 2, 5 – Tier 3)

1

2

3

4

5

Method used for disseminating the instrument

Main challenges in implementing the instrument and their description

Please, select 3 options maximum

Other

Main opportunities and foreseen future developments

Please, 100 words maximum

Potential opportunities for collaboration foreseen within FAO

Please, 50 words maximum

Describe how this instrument is used or could be used to support monitoring the SDGs or other commitments

Please, 100 words maximum

Mapping of methodological approaches and tools with potential for monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR)