“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
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...
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.
25/ 6
2024
Forest without borders: National Forest Inventory Networks and their potential for large scale monitoring and reporting
25/06/2024
This session during the XXVI IUFRO World Congress will present the development and achievements of multi-national national forest inventory (NFI) networks. It showcases efforts to enhance cooperation and knowledge exchange between countries. The objectives are to assess the degree to which harmonization is possible and the level needed to fulfill demands on at large scale.
24/ 6
2024
Climate Action in Forest Education
24/06/2024
This session during the XXVI IUFRO World Congress aims to present experiences and different perspectives on the inclusion of climate education in forest-related curricula and to discuss the possibility of using different innovative alternatives to help complement climate action education for students in forestry and related sciences.
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