Open Foris is a set of free and open-source software platforms that helps countries measure, monitor and report on forestry progress, take science-based actions, and accelerate forest pathways:
- national forest inventory and in-situ data collection;
- measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) for environmental integrity;
- deforestation-free supply chains; and
- restoration monitoring.
Part of FAO's open-source digital public goods, it serves as a transformative accelerator, ensuring innovative, accurate, and transparent forest monitoring accessible to everyone, everywhere, enhancing effectiveness and impact, while meeting the urgent need for systems that enable accurate, yet cost-effective monitoring, reporting and verification of forest and other land cover.
Highlights
Cocoa mapping in Cameroon: EU Sustainable Cocoa Programme advances sustainable production and forest protection
25/11/2025
The European Programme for Sustainable Cocoa (SCP), the operational arm of the European Initiative for Sustainable Cocoa, implemented with FAO, supports...
Open Foris Arena User Meeting showcases innovative field applications on forests and beyond
17/11/2025
More than 70 participants from research institutions, academia, and field projects joined the
Towards a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-related trade
30/07/2024
See a live demonstration of FAO’s latest forest monitoring innovation developed to ensure smallholders remain...
AIM4Commodities - Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests and Commodities
01/12/2025
AIM4Commodities (Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests and Commodities) is a global initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Sharing the experience on Forest and Land Monitoring for Climate Action - SEPAL
24/07/2023
The overall objective of this course is to support knowledge and skills development to operationally apply high-resolution satellite...
Partners
- National Forest Monitoring
- SEPAL
- CBIT-Forest
- AIM4Forests
- REDD+ program
- Global Forest Resources Assessments
- Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Platform
- FERM platform
- Google Earth Engine
- UN-REDD Programme
- NICFI Satellite Data Program
- Planet
- United Kingdom's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety
Contact
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Roma RM (Italy)
[email protected]