The institutionalization of forest data (IFD) learning journey aims to create a well-defined pathway for optimizing the use of forest data while highlighting the vital importance of establishing a strong, institutionalized national forest monitoring system (NFMS). It also underscores transparency, sustainability, and data-sharing as fundamental pillars for the successful implementation of an NFMS strategy. It is based on the existing self-paced course available on the FAO eLearning Academy.
This course has been adapted and made available in a self-paced mode to share the content and associated resources that were developed for the IFD online facilitated version, delivered from 7 May to 6 June 2025 in English, Spanish and French.
IMPORTANT: This learning journey enables users to earn a digital badge upon successfully passing the final test.
The facilitated course on which this Learning journey is based on was designed and developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the "Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector (CBIT-Forest)" project as well as the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme.