Forests Monitor (FM) is an international NGO that works to increase transparency and accountability of the forestry sector in order to improve governance and management of the world’s forests. It...
Who is involved in community-based monitoring around the world?
Who is involved in community-based monitoring of forests? Where are they working? And what are they doing?
This section gives an overview of the different actors working on community-based monitoring of forests. To make it easier to find and connect with particular actors, they are classified as:
COMMUNITY: Communities that are implementing forest monitoring initiatives
FACILITATOR: Institutions supporting communities to implement monitoring initiatives
GOVERNMENT: Governments or public agencies engaged with communities in monitoring
DONOR: Donors funding community-based forest monitoring initiatives
Forests Monitor - FM
Jane Goodall Institute - JGI
The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is a global nonprofit focused on inspiring individual action to improve the understanding, welfare and conservation of great apes. JGI use smartphones with...
The Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF) program is a five year programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Regional Development Mission for Asia (...
Pact is an international NGO based in Washington, DC. It works with partners across the world in the areas of health, livelihoods and natural resource management. It aims to customise its approach...
Rainforest Foundation UK - RFUK
The Rainforest Foundation UK aims to help indigenous peoples and forest communities around the world gain the land and resource rights they deserve, and in the process reduce deforestation...
REM operates as an Independent Monitor of Law Enforcement and Governance in the extractive sectors. Through independent monitoring and credible reporting of illegalities and related governance...
SilvaCarbon is a flagship programme under the United States fast start financing for REDD+ and is a U.S. contribution to the Forest Carbon Tracking task of the intergovernmental Group on Earth...
ExCiteS is an inter-disciplinary research group at University College London that supports 'extreme citizen science'. It works with broad networks of people to design and build new devices and...