Forest Monitoring for Climate Action
Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (CET)
Modality: Virtual
The webinar will be held in English
Background:
Reducing deforestation, restoring forests, and sustainable forest management are vital pathways for achieving 2030 global goals. Access to accurate forest data is crucial for international commitments on deforestation, restoration, and climate action. FAO is a global leader on forest and ecosystem monitoring, supporting countries to build robust national forest monitoring systems. The webinar "Forest Monitoring for Climate Action" launches a FAO eLearning Academy series of courses on forest monitoring for climate action, presenting testimonials from professionals about their experience with the courses and their usefulness for their work.
Objectives:
- Launch the multilingual forest monitoring series of courses;
- Share testimonials from users who took the various courses of the series; and
- Describe the future forest monitoring learning opportunities offered by FAO
Target Stakeholders:
This event is relevant to a broad set of stakeholders, including governments, donors, universities and research institutions, private sector, international organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations, interested in learning about national forest monitoring systems, national forest inventories and forest information management.
Panelists:
Mr Tiina Vähänen (Deputy Director, Forestry Division, FAO)
Ms Rocío Cóndor Golec (Forestry Officer, FAO)
Ms Julian Fox (Senior Forestry Officer, FAO)
Mr Fiona Stringer (REDD+ Programme Lead, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, UK DESNZ-FCDO)
Ms Alejandra Guevara (FAO Ecuador)
Mr Jacob Amoako (Forestry Commission of Ghana)
Ms Cristina Petracchi (Leader of the FAO elearning Academy)
The webinar will be moderated by Ms Ghislaine Gill, MRV Specialist at FAO.
REGISTER HERE (Zoom link: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u1xtugRiSTqMSgyBcJKyDQ)