Enhancing forest data transparency for climate action

Presentation of Rocio Condor during the webinar 'Enhancing forest data transparency for climate action'

1. Forestry Division (FAO)
Rocío Cóndor
Building global capacity to increase
transparency in the forest sector
(CBIT-Forest): accelerating capacity-
building, knowledge-sharing and
awareness raising

2. the project was born?
Stakeholder engagement: Transparent forest data empowers
governments, academia, NGOs, private sector,local communities,
international organizations, ensuring their participation in decision-
making and protecting their interests.
Climate action: Accessible forest monitoring data will support
climate change mitigation and adaptationefforts.
Attracting investments: Transparency attracts sustainable investors,
stimulating economic growth in forest-dependent regions.
Research and innovation advancement: Open data fosters scientific
innovation in ecology and biodiversity conservation.
Effective policy: Transparent forest data enhances policymaking,
ensuring decisions are evidence-based and targeted for maximum
impact.
International collaboration: Transparency promotes global
cooperation on issues like forest managementand biodiversity
conservation.
Why/how
We saw the need to build capacities on forest
data transparency to foster:

3. 2
MOOC experience
Three editions of the massive open online
course (MOOC) available as self-paced
course 'Sharing the Experience of the
multilingual MOOC on Forests and
Transparency under the Paris Agreement'
in English, French and Spanish (with
digital badge certification).
Learn more here
Self-paced course
‘Forest and transparency under the Paris
Agreement' available in English, Spanish,
French, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic with
digital badge certification!
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National forest inventory eLearning series,
with digital badge available here
Case studies
Six case studies available in English,
Spanish and French. They detailed
successful transparency-related
activities in Bangladesh, Chile, Costa
Rica, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ghana and Papua New Guinea.
Check here
Webinar series
Sharing knowledge related to open
and transparent forest data
•2020
•2021
•2022,XV WFC, Purdue Univ.,
Silva Carbon
•2023, IFSA series
Forest monitoring
and data dissemination
Global: FRA platform and FAM catalogue
Regional: NFI LAC book (EN, ES)
National: pilot countries;NFMS
assessment tool
(excel, info brief, quick guidance)
Blog posts
Improving women’s access to forest
monitoring
Sharing knowledge to empower women
and youth on forest climate transparency
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4. Over 170k number of times practitioners accessing
outreach and dissemination products (as of today)
+ 170 200 ACCESSES
benefitted (January 2020-June 2022)
9 800 PRACTITIONERS
of which 39 percent of women
Towards open and transparent forest
data for climate action:
Experiences and lessons learned
Towards open and transparent forest data for climate action (fao.org)
Vers des données sur les forêts ouvertes et transparentes pour
l’action climatique (fao.org)
Hacia datos forestales abiertos y transparentes para la acción climática
(fao.org)
Final evaluation available here
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5. Building on successes of
the first phase of CBIT-
Forest, we are launching
the second phase
EN: Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest): Accelerating capacity-
building, knowledge-sharing and awareness raising (fao.org)
ES: Fomento de la capacidad global para aumentar la transparencia en el sector forestal (CBIT-Forest):
acelerar el fomento de capacidades, el intercambio de conocimientos y la sensibilización (fao.org)
FR: Renforcer les capacités mondiales pour accroître la transparence dans le secteur forestier (CBIT-Forest):
accélérer le renforcement des capacités, le partage des connaissances et la sensibilisation (fao.org)
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6. TARGET GROUPS
The project directly benefited at least 20 targeted
countries and more broadly some 236 countries and
territories that are part of the global network of National
Correspondents for the Global Forest Resources
Assessment (FRA).
236 countries and territories
Global scope
3 years (2024-2026)
Objective: Developing countries have enhanced
capacity, knowledge and awareness on forest-
related data collection, analysis and dissemination
to meet the enhanced transparency requirements
of the Paris Agreement.
The main components include:
Boosting institutional capacity
Increasing technical capacity
Sharing knowledge
GEF (USD 2.0 million); FAO (USD 5.2 million)
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7. Project Outcomes Project Outputs
Enhancedaccess and use of best
available forest-related data to
respond to the transparency
requirements
↘1.1 To facilitate access to best available forest resources data, FAO Global Forest Resources
Assessment (FRA) data entry, review, reporting and dissemination platform improved with additional
functionalities.
↘1.2 The FRA platform contains the most updated, reviewed and validated data for countries and
territories of the world to support global forest transparency.
↘1.3 Networking, communication and awareness raising with focal points from the different forest-
related data collection and reporting processes, to report transparent and consistent forest data.
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Project Outcomes Project Outputs
Improved National Forest
Monitoring Systems through
enhanced technical capacity of
countries to monitor and report
forests, and share knowledge to
support the ETF implementation,
with attention to gender
↘2.1 Forest data sharing enhanced through the publication in an open and digital platform.
↘2.2 Enhanced technical capacity of forest and climate stakeholders on available platforms, resources
and tools for forest-related data collection and analysis to support transparency reporting (e.g. Open
Foris).
↘2.3 Knowledge sharing networks on national forest inventories facilitated and improved at
national/regional levels to support forest transparency.

9. Project Outcomes Project Outputs
Transparency practitioners and
experts benefit from knowledge
management activities on forest
transparency
↘3.1 New set of knowledge products on successful forest data transparency-related activities
developed and disseminated.
↘3.2 Project communication and outreach strategydesigned and implemented.
↘3.3 Project results successfully monitored and reported.
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10. Activities
Levels
9
GLOBAL
Open data platforms
and virtual knowledge
REGIONAL
Connecting regional
forest actors
NATIONAL
Open and transparent
forest data
1
2
3
REGIONAL
Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalogue (FAM)
GLOBAL
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
GLOBAL

11. Activities
Levels
10
GLOBAL
Open data platforms
and virtual knowledge
REGIONAL
Connecting regional
forest actors
NATIONAL
Open and transparent
forest data
1
2
3
REGIONAL
Connecting forest actors
REGIONAL
National Forest inventories
in Latin America

12. Activities
Levels
11
GLOBAL
Open data platforms
and virtual knowledge
REGIONAL
Connecting regional
forest actors
NATIONAL
Open and transparent
forest data
1
2
3
REGIONALREGIONAL
NATIONAL

13. Communication 12
Communications and knowledge sharing is a key element of the project, as it to raise awareness of the
importance of data collection, analysis and dissemination for transparency in the forestry sector.
Building global capacity to increase transparency in the
forest sector (CBIT-Forest): Accelerating capacity-building,
knowledge-sharing and awareness raising (fao.org)
Flyer
LinkedIn newsletter:
Forest data & climate action
Newsletter
https://www.fao.org/in-
action/boosting-transparency-forest-
data/en/
In-Action page
Charting a Transparent Path for
Global Forest Data and Innovative
Climate Action
News

14. Partnerships
Join us in our efforts to make forest data
more transparent and accessible to all!
Collaborations
Other FAO partners
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Statistic
Division (ESS)
The Office of
Climate Change,
Biodiversity and
Environment (OCB)

15. Check our web page:
https://www.fao.org/in-action/boosting-transparency-forest-data/en/
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