Open Foris: 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:

  • 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
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...

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 Corpoteva Cooperative
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...

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