A webinar “Open Tenure: A mapping tool to enhance REDD+ efforts” is organized with support from the UN-REDD Programme and FAO, to be held on 24 May at 17:00 – 18:00 (Viet Nam Time)

Secure tenure rights are widely recognized as a key enabling condition for reducing deforestation and forest degradation.  Be it forest or agricultural lands, with clear and secure tenure comes a sense of ownership and increased motivation to protect the resource from external threats, to invest in its productivity, and to sustain benefits into the future.  Nevertheless, in many countries, tenure rights remain unclear and insecure. 

FAO’s Open Tenure tool is an open-source software application specifically designed to address the needs of field practitioners to record tenure rights. Following the principles of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, the tool allows users to efficiently and effectively gather and compile tenure data from local claimants. The claim reports generated by Open Tenure can be used by the individual claimant, the community, or the government to submit requests for tenure recognition. Thus, Open Tenure can be a useful tool in country efforts to implement their REDD+ strategies and actions.  

With this webinar, you will learn about the basic workings of the Open Tenure tool and hear about on-the-ground experiences, followed by a Q&A session. You are welcome to forward this invitation to those in your network with an interest in forest and land tenure.    

Please register at https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sP7_40zZSgOq70zzksgZEg