Publications
Forest monitoring good practices: mapping tree crop commodities
03/06/2026
This document sets out good practices for mapping tree crop commodities – such as cocoa, coffee, rubber, palm oil and agroforestry systems – using Earth observation and geospatial methods.
Forest monitoring good practices: inclusive smallholder data governance
03/06/2026
This scoping study examines how smallholder production plot data is collected, managed, and shared across commodity supply chains, drawing on case studies from Colombia (cocoa), Kenya (coffee), Viet Nam (rubber), Indonesia (palm oil), and Brazil (soy).
Open Foris Ground e-learning
09/12/2025
This course addresses the growing challenges of field data collection and introduces open-source solutions like Open Foris Ground.
Open Foris Ground Guide
01/10/2025
Check the Open Foris Ground Guide to learn step by step how to design surveys, collect data offline, and visualise results in the web console.
A community palm model
21/11/2024
This model, and resulting oil palm probability map products are useful for accurately identifying the geographic footprint of palm cultivation. Used in conjunction with timely deforestation information, this palm model is useful for understanding the risk of continued oil palm plantation expansion in sensitive forest areas.
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Forest monitoring for transparent commodity supply chains
19/11/2024
Over the last two decades, consumers have grown more aware of the environmental and social impacts of commodity production. Many companies have started to address those concerns by adopting codes of conduct or making public commitments to improve their business and sourcing practices.
Towards a digital public infrastructure for deforestation-related trade regulations. What is in that plot? (Whisp)
31/05/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) drives the development of a pre-competitive digital public infrastructure to support compliance on aspects of the trade regulations related to forest monitoring.
Forest Data Partnership brochure
01/02/2024
Learn more about the Forest Data Partnership and how we can support your work.
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Traceability and Transparency in Supply Chains for Agricultural and Forest Commodities
20/10/2023
This report discusses success factors and enabling conditions to improve resource use and reduce forest loss, providing an updated evidence base to inform and advance collaborative discussions and actions on traceability and transparency.