A lack of institutional and individual capacity often undermines the long-term impact of otherwise technically sound programmes. To support efforts towards sound and impactful forest monitoring, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a national forest monitoring system (NFMS) assessment tool to help countries identify...

La República de Costa Rica es un país de América Central extensamente cubierto por bosques tropicales que exhiben una alta biodiversidad. El país ha realizado muchos esfuerzos por conservar sus bosques y su biodiversidad aunque, en muchos casos, los recursos agrícolas y forestales se han evaluado de manera independiente.

To strengthen the natural resource management capacities of indigenous territories, FAO, with support of the UN-REDD programme, implemented a community forest-monitoring project in Panama. This report reviews details of the project, implemented between 2015 and 2017, and presents its impacts. 

This paper strengthens the elements and guidelines provided in the VGNFM in the context of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). It also includes a deeper analysis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change decisions and the most recent methodological recommendations provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Over the last ten years, the governments of developing countries and donors around the world have invested heavily in national forest monitoring systems. This paper investigates how capacities have developed and where gaps remain.