“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) and financed by the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) trust fund of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Building on its lessons learned and achievements, the second phase of CBIT-Forest 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
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
FAO elearning Academy: Empowering Global Forest Monitoring
06/12/2024
Svenja Bunte, Programme Manager and Senior Policy Advisor in the International Forest Unit (REDD+), UK Government, highlights the progress achieved...
Pathways to forest data transparency: Best practices from national forest monitoring to support climate action
10/11/2024
Featuring successful examples from Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean, this publication empowers countries to develop robust...
Events
25/ 3
2025
27/3
2025
Forest data without borders: Knowledge exchange on national forest inventories in the Asia-Pacific
Bangkok (Thailand), 25/03/2025 - 27/03/2025
This event, taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25–27 March 2025, will bring together experts, government representatives, and organizations from across the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen knowledge exchange on national forest inventories (NFIs). Accurate and transparent forest data is essential for sustainable forest management and tracking progress t...
12/ 2
2025
A closing conversation with FAO - CBIT-Forest Phase II: Growing from past experience, innovating for the future
Virtual Event, 12/02/2025
The Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency – Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP) is pleased to invite you to attend the webinar “A closing conversation with FAO - CBIT- Forest Phase II: Growing from past experience, innovating for the future” on 12 February 2025 at 11:00 CET.
28/ 11
2024
Enhancing national forest monitoring systems for climate action
Virtual Event, 28/11/2024
This webinar will showcase the self-assessment tools for national forest monitoring systems and jurisdictional carbon standards developed by FAO’s Forest Monitoring and Data Platforms team. Viewers will hear from country representatives about their approaches to identifying and addressing potential gaps and needs to ensure alignment with national forest strategies and climate goals.
Partners
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- AIM4Forests
- FAO and the GEF
- FAO Capacity Development
- Global Forest Resources Assessment
- Forest Monitoring and Data Platforms
- Open Foris
- REDD+
- SEPAL