e-Agriculture Promising Practice: Drones for community monitoring of forests

17/12/2018

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...

Strengthening National Forest Monitoring Systems for REDD+

04/12/2018

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...

Ten years of capacity development on national forest monitoring for REDD+: Much achieved yet more to do

26/11/2018

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...

Knowledge Reference for National Forest Assessment

01/01/2015

The Knowledge Reference for National Forest Assessment is a collection of scientific articles prepared specifically for this initiative. They cover a wide range of activities involved in setting up and carrying out an assessment of the forest resources at the national level. The Knowledge Reference provides an invaluable resource for various stakeholders within the government, private and academia related to the forest sector.

Manual for integrated field data collection

01/01/2009

This manual provides guidelines and descriptions of the field data collection methodology and procedures used to inventory and monitor forestry and other land use resources following the approach developed by the Support to National Forest Resources Monitoring and Assessment (NFMA) programme of the FAO.