Accelerating innovation for forest data transparency

On July 26, 2024, the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) and World Forestry Week (WFW) hosted a key side event  "Accelerating Innovation for Forest Data Transparency." The event spotlighted the essential role of transparent and accurate forest data in addressing deforestation and fostering sustainable forest management.

Capacity development initiatives for innovation and forest data transparency supported by the second phase of the "Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector" (CBIT-Forest)" and the “Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests” (AIM4Forests) were presented and the multilingual national forest inventory online facilitated course launched.

The event showcased significant advances in forest monitoring and highlighted ongoing challenges and opportunities in ensuring sustainable forest management. Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo shared their knowledge and experiences.

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