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 […]
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 […]
Authors: Pilar Valbuena, Victoria O’Brien, Till Neeff, Erik Lindquist, Andreas Vollrath, Javier Garcia-Perez Gamarra, Remi D’Annunzio, Jingjing Liang, and Julian Fox This article was originally published […]
25/11/2025 Cocoa is a vital source of income for millions of smallholder farmers across the globe and Cameroon — one of the world’s top three cocoa-producing […]
17/11/2025 More than 70 participants from research institutions, academia, and field projects joined the Open Foris Arena User Meeting 2025 on November 12th, an interactive webinar highlighting the latest […]
This article was originally published here. Fifteen years ago, a Finnish-funded development project began reshaping how the world monitors its forests. Today, that initiative has evolved […]
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping forestry—from remote data collection to strategic decision-making. At Finland’s National Forest Days 2025, experts highlighted how digital tools have revolutionised forest […]
Kosovo has taken an important step in advancing its forest monitoring by launching the third cycle (2024–2025) of the National Forest Inventory (NFI). Building on earlier inventories conducted in 2002 and 2012, this […]
Plans for Tropical Forest Forever Facility presented on sidelines of UN General Assembly. New York – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is […]