Events
Upcoming Events
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Rome, Italy, and online
22 - 26/07/2024
The 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) will bring together high-level representatives, heads of forest services, government officials and partner organizations to identify emerging policy and technical guidance, seek solutions and advise on future strategy and action. It will be held in conjunction with the 9th World Forest Week (WFW 2024)...
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Online
28 - 28/08/2024
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information sharing call is a closed event to engage a larger group of experts from lead partner organizations in focused discussions.
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Rotorua, New Zealand
09 - 13/09/2024
Scion and ForestSAT welcome you to Rotorua, New Zealand, from 9 to 13 September 2024 for the Association for Forest Spatial Analysis Technologies Conference.
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Online
25 - 25/09/2024
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information sharing call is a closed event to engage a larger group of experts from lead partner organizations in focused discussions.
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Online
27 - 27/11/2024
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) Information sharing call is a closed event to engage a larger group of experts from lead partner organizations in focused discussions.
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Belém, Brazil
01 - 08/12/2024
The global event Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G 2024) will be hosted in Belém, Brazil from 1 to 8 December 2024.
Past Events
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Canberra, Australia
04 - 09/11/2019
Government representatives from more than 100 countries, business leaders, and non-profit organizations will gather from 4 to 9 November in Canberra, Australia for the annual Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Week.
GFOI is organizing a side event titled “The Global Forest Observations Initiative: Where supply meets demand” on 5 November from...
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany
15 - 15/07/2019
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Rome, FAO headquarters
10 - 12/07/2019
Communication is key to developing strong and productive working relationships among partners in the forest monitoring sector. Therefore communications is a key pillar for the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), which seeks to coordinate the delivery of international support in forest monitoring to help address developing country needs.
Representatives from partner...