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
Instructions for using the Open Foris Ground data collection support software.
10/06/2026
On June 9, 2026, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, in coordination with relevant agencies and units, organized a training session on the...
Peatland monitoring in Peru: open technology and Indigenous Peoples' knowledge in service of climate action
26/05/2026
Around the Amazonian city of Iquitos — the most populated city in the Peruvian Amazon — lie some of the largest and best-preserved tropical peatlands...
Microlearning video series: Open Foris ARENA
15/05/2026
Explore this series of bite-sized e-learning video modules to quickly build practical skills in designing surveys and collecting high-quality field...
Practical workshop on peatland monitoring with SEPAL
18/05/2026
In Iquitos, FAO, through the AIM4Forests program and in coordination with the Peru Indigenous Peoples Group, held a practical workshop to strengthen...
SEPAL in action: Turning satellite data into better forest decisions
22/06/2026
Forests are changing fast, and better decisions depend on reliable information. SEPAL is FAO’s open-source, cloud-based Earth observation platform that...
Open Foris Ground elearning
01/10/2025
This course describes the growing challenges of field data collection and the use of open-source solutions like Open Foris Ground. In this course, you...
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)
Open-Foris@fao.org