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Impact Stories

May 15, 2026

Strengthening Armenia’s Forest Monitoring Through Digital Innovation

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

The digital revolution in forest monitoring: From Foris to Open Foris

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: Open-source solutions for Forest and Land monitoring

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

Strengthening regional capacity for restoration monitoring under GBF Target 2

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 […]
February 6, 2026

Artificial intelligence in forest monitoring: uses, applications, adoption and precautions

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 […]
January 30, 2026

From restoration targets to measurable progress: countries advancing restoration monitoring and reporting in Nairobi

30/01/2026 With only 29 days left for countries to submit their Seventh National Reports under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), attention is shifting from setting […]
January 23, 2026

From Community Forests to Digital Innovation: How Open Foris Is Transforming Forest Monitoring

From Local Forest Monitoring to Digital Innovation in Agrifood Systems: Open Foris in Action In Uganda, forest monitoring has moved from paper-based field notes to cloud-enabled digital […]
November 25, 2025

Cocoa mapping in Cameroon: EU Sustainable Cocoa Programme advances sustainable production and forest protection

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 […]
November 17, 2025

Open Foris Arena User Meeting showcases innovative field applications on forests and beyond

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 […]