Every year around the world, 10 million hectares of forest are lost to deforestation and 70 million hectares are burnt by fire. In response, world leaders have committed to halt deforestation and restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land by 2030. To achieve this, countries need the right forest data to measure progress and enable action on the ground. To bridge this gap, FAO launched Open Foris over a decade ago. This ground-breaking open-source platform - the first of its kind in FAO - makes available the latest in technological innovations to collect, analyse and report forest data to accelerate efforts to protect, restore and sustainably use forests.
Countries around the world, including Kenya, are improving their national forest monitoring systems (NFMS) in response to the growing global demand for high integrity carbon credits. This demand is demonstrated by initiatives like the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance...
The red palm weevil (RPW) is a serious transboundary pest of date palm, coconut, and ornamental palms. It is among the world’s major invasive pests and attacks around 40 palm species in more than 50 countries, causing widespread damage to...
Among other functions, the INIA is involved in national and international cooperation in the field of agri-food research. The process of identifying and classifying gaps in our knowledge forms an essential part of this effort. This article describes that process,...
Apollo Karuga, a recognized Kenyan Food Systems Hero by the UN’s FAO, aimed to address Kenya’s broken food system by developing an affordable, eco-friendly solution for smallholder farmers to preserve food throughout different seasons. Karuga, through his team at Grow...
El presente documento contiene la propuesta conceptual y metodológica para la elaboración y puesta y en marcha de una herramienta que permita verificar el grado de modernidad de la segunda generación de planes de ordenamiento territorial (POT) y la primera...