Forestry Communication Toolkit

Innovative open-source tools and databases

In collaboration with over 70 countries and partners, FAO has developed a suite of free forest and land monitoring tools to provide accurate and cost-effective measurement, monitoring, and reporting of forest and other land cover. Open-source tools and databases help countries measure, monitor and report on forests and land cover, paving the way for improved climate change mitigation plans and informed land-use policies.

					Open Foris Free and open-source software tools for flexible and efficient data collection, analysis and reporting on multi-purpose forest inventories.					SEPAL System for earth observations, data access, processing and analysis for land monitoring.
					FAOSTAT Forestry Annual production and trade statistics for forest products.					Satellite Land Monitoring Systems Tools to design and deploy country national forest monitoring systems.
					Framework for Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Global platform to monitor ecosystem restoration.					Sustainable Forest Management Toolbox Tools, case studies and other resources for sustainable forest management.
					GlobAllomeTree Tree allometric equations to assess forest volume and biomass, and carbon stocks.					TimberLex Country-specific legal information on forest management, timber production and trade.