Open Foris: Free open-source solutions for forest and land monitoring

Free open-source solutions for forest and land monitoring

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:

  • 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

Innovative approaches to mapping forest change and direct drivers in Central Africa using the SEPAL platform
05/06/2025

In 2020, during the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, a bold idea emerged: estimate deforestation trends and associated drivers of deforestation...

As deforestation rules loom, public digital tools can keep small farmers in business
As deforestation rules loom, public digital tools can keep small farmers in business
26/05/2025

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have teamed up to create a suite of free, public tools that farmers...

Open Foris Arena – a solution for easy and efficient forest data collection and analysis
11/09/2024

Arena is a cloud-based platform for storing and processing data collected in field inventories and questionnaires. It provides a fast and flexible way...

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...

07/07/2025

This publication explores how countries can improve forest data governance by institutionalizing data management and sharing within national forest monitoring systems. It also showcases FAO’s role in supporting countries with platforms like Open Foris and the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) catalogue.

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