Enhancing Ghana’s forest monitoring system for climate action through AIM4Forests

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Enhancing Ghana’s forest monitoring system for climate action through AIM4Forests

Leveraging the national forest monitoring system assessment tool to address forest priorities and climate strategies

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) Ghana’s commitment to sustainable forest management and climate action has been further strengthened through the assessment of needs and gaps. The application of the national forest monitoring system (NFMS) assessment tool has been instrumental in this process. Developed by the Forest Monitoring and Data Platforms team of the Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations (FAO), this comprehensive tool enables the assessment of NFMS capacities and needs, helping Ghana prioritize actions that align with both national objectives and international climate commitments. Developed under the project “Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector” (CBIT-Forest), funded by the Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the “Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests” (AIM4Forests) programme, funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Language English

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