Cbit forest en-sep2021
- 1. «Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector» Forestry Division (FAO) 30 August 2020 Rocío Cóndor
- 2. FAO/GEF CBIT-Forest project • Aims to increase institutional and technical capacities and to boost knowledge-sharing and awareness-raising about the ETF particularly in the forest sector. • A two-year global project to step up developing countries’ ability to collect, analyze and disseminate forest-related data, to make forest data transparent and accessible in line with the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement.
- 3. How • 26 countries targeted as well as 187 countries and territories included FRA NC. • Strengthened network of key partners such as UNFCCC, GFOI, UNEP, UNDP, IFSA, etc. • Upgraded FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) reporting and dissemination platform, to make forest data reporting easier in the future. • Knowledge and training material, including E-learning course and massive open online course enables access to knowledge about the ETF and forests to anyone anywhere. • Outreach and sharing of case studies and best practices on transparency in the forest sector (2020: Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bangladesh). • Tool developed to facilitate the assessment of gaps and needs in a country’s NFMS.
- 4. https://fra-data.fao.org/ FRA reporting and dissemination platform Check our blogpost: https://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/innovative-platform-makes-forest-data-available-in-all-6-un-languages/
- 6. Outreach and dissemination (2020) https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=590 https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=606 http://www.fao.org/redd/news/detail/en/c/1300319/ https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=627
- 7. Articles: open and transparent data http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/pandemic-lessons- open-data-for-forest-and-climate-action/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00766-x https://trello.com/b/XHO51A7K/cbit-forest
- 8. Trello Board
- 9. Online self-paced course English https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=587 Spanish: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=610 French : https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=616 with Digital Badge Certification Chinese: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=647
- 10. Lesson1 Lesson2 Lesson3 NFMS assessment tool Free and accessible already in English, Chinese, French and Spanish (soon Arabic and Russian) Start Information note and quick guidance
- 11. National forest monitoring system assessment tool How can a country benefit? facilitating understanding of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring; Designed for country MRV/ETF needs and gaps assessment; Helps build a work plan; Helps measures progress; NFMS assessment tool can be accessed through the eLearning course (Lesson 2) https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=587
- 12. http://www.fao.org/in-action/boosting-transparency-forest- data/news/detail/en/c/1361949/ Massive open online course 2020 (English, Spanish and French)
- 14. Key activities in 2021 3 technical global webinars on open and transparent forest data, with country experiences (FAO eLearning Academy). First - 17 March: material here Second - 7 July: material here Third - 17 November – NFI modules, includes CC New info note that will facilitate data sharing decision making, including legal aspects in English, French and Spanish.
- 15. Forest data for climate action: theimportanceoflegaland institutionalframeworks http://www.fao.org/3/cb3759en/cb3759en.pdf (EN) Infonote Legalassessmenttosetupand operationalizedanNFMS http://www.fao.org/3/cb3759es/cb3759es.pdf (ES) http://www.fao.org/3/cb3759fr/cb3759fr.pdf (FR) http://www.fao.org/3/CB3525EN/CB3525EN.pdf (EN) http://www.fao.org/3/CB3525ES/CB3525ES.pdf (ES) http://www.fao.org/3/CB3525FR/CB3525FR.pdf (FR)
- 16. Chile EN:Linkhere ES:Linkhere FR:Linkhere OpenForis/Arena PapuaNewGuinea EN:Linkhere ES:Linkhere FR:Linkhere Ghana EN:Linkhere ES:Linkhere FR:Linkhere A compilation of all case studies: http://www.fao.org/in-action/boosting-transparency-forest-data/news/detail/en/c/1415104/ Forest data and free open- source solutions for Climate Action
- 17. Key activities in 2021 Promotion and dissemination of “Forest and transparency under the Paris Agreement” eLearning self- paced, including engaging with universities. Video here! Second and third edition of the MOOC in multiple languages on forests and transparency targeting foresters and climate officers as well as students. Second session: 24 May- 11 June - webstory Third session: 20 September- 8 October - register Continuous support to enhanced on NFMS for climate change reporting with 7 pilot countries (Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Thailand and Laos) + 24 more countries to facilitate dialogue and knowledge awareness of transparency with FRA NC, NFP UNFCCC and SDGs (sub-regional webinars in South East Asia, Central/West Africa and Mesoamerica). Final report (here) 3 more case studies on forests and transparency from LAC, Africa and Asia Compilation of 6 multiple-language:here Populate the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue with forest inventory data: here
- 18. Third MOOC edition Web page: http://www.fao.org/in-action/boosting-transparency-forest-data/news/detail/en/c/1415880/ Info note: http://www.fao.org/3/cb5790en/cb5790en.pdf Flyer: https://www.fao.org/3/CB5777EN/CB5777EN.pdf
- 19. Red de expertos de los inventarios nacionales forestales en ALC Fomento de asociaciones y creación de redes: Cooperación de América Latina y el Caribe para armonizar los inventarios forestales nacionales (historia web) 21 países de América Latina y el Caribe El libro es una iniciativa apoyada por la FAO, el Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de España (INIA), la Universidad Federal del Amazonas de Brasil y el Instituto Nacional Forestal de Chile Este volumen tiene 78 autores, 39% mujeres y 61% hombres contribuyendo Lanzamiento libro ES, EN: 2 Diciembre
- 20. Progress • The project has directly worked with 49 countries (target: at least 26 countries). If we also consider MOOC initiative: 120 countries. • The number of direct individuals who benefitted from pilot country work activities, regional networks, webinars, eLearning and massive open online courses was 5 921 (target: at least 160 beneficiaries). • Overall, of those participating in the project activities, 39% were women, meeting and surpassing recommendations provided by the gender analysis (target: 30% women participation). • Virtual modalities have contributed to a greater number of beneficiaries and a higher percentage of women’s participation compared to the targets set.
- 21. Web page http://www.fao.org/in-action/boosting-transparency-forest- data/en/ CBIT-Forest@fao.org Thanks for your attention Trello Board https://trello.com/b/XHO51A7K/cbit-forest Poster http://www.fao.org/3/ca9905en/ca9905en.pdf