Impact Stories
November 6, 2026
GeoID is part of Open Foris, a set of FAO-supported digital solutions for collecting, managing and analyzing information about forests, land and commodities. ©FAO/Aurélie Shapiro 06/11/2026 […]
October 7, 2026
Julian Fox – 07/10/2026 With World Space Week having kicked off this 4 October, much of the public conversation will be focused on exploration and humanity’s […]
October 2, 2026
02/10/2026 Nepal is strengthening its national forest monitoring capacity through the adoption of Open Foris Arena, supporting the country’s transition toward more integrated and transparent forest […]
August 18, 2026
Field data collection and entry using the Arena mobile application. 18/08/2026 Reliable forest data is the foundation of sustainable forest management, climate action, and biodiversity conservation. […]
July 17, 2026
17/07/2026 FAO has launched a new digital publication, Transparency in practice: Country experiences using Open Foris for climate reporting, which explores how countries are using free and […]
June 24, 2026
Transparent and accessible forest data is essential for effective climate action. As countries work to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement, the need for reliable, open, and […]
May 15, 2026
Strengthening Armenia’s Forest Monitoring Through Digital Innovation 15/05/2026 Armenia, Yerevan 15 May, 2026 – As part of the project “Forest Resilience of Armenia: Enhancing Adaptation and […]
March 6, 2026
06/03/2026 The quest to understand and manage the world’s forests began centuries before satellites. As early as the 16th century, European laws regulated logging, and by the 17th century, growing wood scarcity in Central […]
February 19, 2026
Open Foris is a free, open-source initiative of forest and land monitoring solutions developed by FAO. The portfolio makes environmental monitoring more accessible, transparent, and collaborative for […]
February 17, 2026
17/02/2026 Over the past months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and partners have convened countries […]