“Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest): accelerating capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and awareness raising” is an ambitious project led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The project is designed to enhance the quality, timeliness, accessibility and usability of forest-related data in developing countries, in line with the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) requirements of the Paris Agreement.
In focus
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Using land-cover information to monitor progress on Sustainable Development Goal 15
01/03/2024
This course seeks to provide a basic understanding of land-cover data and its use for monitoring progress towards the achievement of international agreed...
Video
National Forest Inventory: Online facilitated course
18/06/2024
Accurate forest data from National Forest Inventories is vital to country efforts to protect, restore, and sustainably manage their forests. Our online...
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Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector
21/12/2023
“Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest): accelerating capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and awareness...
Events
26/ 7
2024
Accelerating innovation for forest data transparency
Hybrid Event, 26/07/2024
This event will highlight the role of technical innovation and novel capacity development approaches in enabling country participation in the implementation of Article 13 Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement.
30/ 4
2024
Webinar: Enhancing Forest Data Transparency for Climate Action
Virtual Event, 30/04/2024
Join this webinar from 15.00 to 16.30 CEST (UTC+2), which will explore the significance of forest data transparency in the context of climate action and present the “Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest): accelerating capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and awareness raising” project.
Partners
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- Forest Monitoring and Data Platforms
- Open Foris
- REDD+
- SEPAL