Ten years of capacity development on national forest monitoring for REDD+
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Over the last ten years, the governments of developing countries and their donors around the world have invested heavily in national forest monitoring systems. This paper investigates how capacities have developed and where gaps remain. For a group of 16 countries, the national forest monitoring systems were assessed at three points in time (2008–2015–2018), using a scorecard with 28 indicators for satellite land monitoring systems, national forest inventories, forest reference (emission) levels and national greenhouse gas inventory systems. Overall, as of 2018, a number of countries have established significant forest monitoring capacities. Progress is uneven, however, and room for improvement remains among countries. It varies between the pillars of national forest monitoring systems, as well as between technical and functional capacities, although progress has gained momentum over time. To advance further, governments will need to pay more attention to building up system maintenance and to improving data collection and methodologies.