FAO and partners have decided to organize a second week meeting from 26 to 29 April 2016 at FAO headquarters to develop a global roadmap for monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration. This event will involve the collaborative Rome Promise network and other organizations and experts interested in the monitoring of Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR), with the objective of jointly consolidating a roadmap to support countries’ efforts in monitoring and reporting on FLR globally (in dryland countries and other regions). During this week, participants will have the opportunity to:

1. Update on the progress made on the implementation of the Rome Promise and its road map adopted at the occasion of the first Drylands Monitoring Week in January 2015;

2. discuss a draft proposal for membership and terms of reference for the working group on “Dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems” to be submitted to the next FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) session in July 2016;

3. share information on methodological approaches, tools and practical applications for monitoring restoration at all scales, and reach a common understanding of the scope of restoration interventions;

4. refine a core set of criteria and indicators for monitoring restoration both on the ground and through geospatial proxies, in environmental, socio economic and enabling environment aspects;
5. articulate monitoring of restoration efforts on the ground to countries’ reporting to international targets (Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs –, Bonn Challenge, etc.);
6. identify needs, opportunities and features of a knowledge platform for capacity development on monitoring of FLR;
7. develop a consolidated road map taking into consideration the Rome Promise for broader collaboration on monitoring of FLR for the further development and dissemination of a package of methodological approaches, tools and practical applications to support countries in assessing and monitoring FLR.

The expected output of the expert meeting is a collaborative global roadmap to monitor FLR, around three key dimensions: Monitoring on the ground; international reporting; and a capacity development and knowledge platform for monitoring.