FAO is delighted to dedicate its next NFO-Technical Network Webinar to “FAO Open Foris tools in action in the Myanmar National Forest Inventory”. The session will share the latest updates from Myanmar’s NFI and demonstrate how Open Foris tools have been used in field data collection, management, processing and reporting in Myanmar and what benefits these open-source tools can provide for large area forest inventories. Date:   Thursday, 3rd December 2020 Time:   09:30 – 10:45AM CET (Rome)    |     15:00 – 16:15PM GMT+6:30 (Naypyidaw) Language: English Registration:  https://bit.ly/OF_Myanmar (The maximum number of participants is 500, remember to register and join in...

The National Forest Institute (Instituto Nacional de Bosques - INAB) and the Protected Areas National Council (Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas - CONAP) of Guatemala, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), have finalized the methodological and technological tools for implementing the second National Forest Inventory of Guatemala. The objective of the National Forest Inventory is to determine the current state of the goods and services of forests and trees outside forests at the national level, by way of a comprehensive and multi-purpose evaluation that is replicable and provides strategic information for the country. “The...

While necessary, it is not always easy to get project development inputs from a wide range of stakeholders, particularly for projects that cover multiple countries and languages. Such was the challenge for the project: Global Transformation of Forests for People and Climate: a focus on West Africa. This five-year project (2019-2023) implemented by FAO in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, aims to support the implementation of the ECOWAS Convergence Plan for the Sustainable Management and Use of Forest Ecosystems in West Africa (See...

L'Initiative pour les forêts d'Afrique centrale (CAFI) et l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) ont lancé un projet visant à développer une méthodologie normalisée, pour évaluer les moteurs de déforestation et de dégradation des forêts dans 6 pays d'Afrique centrale. La déforestation et la dégradation des forêts sont des processus transfrontières complexes avec de nombreuses causes directes et sous-jacentes. Une bonne compréhension de la cause et localisation des perturbations forestières est essentielle pour l'élaboration de politiques et d'actions ciblées visant à réduire la perte de forêts et les émissions de carbone associées. Cependant, le manque de données à jour...

National forest inventory (NFI) is a fundamental pillar of a multipurpose National forest monitoring system (NFMS) as it provides accurate information about the extent, distribution, composition and condition of forests and woodlands, as well as the changes taking place in these areas through time. The diversity of species, trees density, increment and removals of growing stock, biomass and carbon are all among the main attributes obtained from NFIs. These attributes are essential for measuring indicators on sustainable forest management, biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and developing and monitoring policies and guidance that support the sustainable provision of forest-related goods and services. Field...