Forest, Transparency and Climate Action: Smart Monitoring to Halt Forest Loss and Boost Forest Cover by 2030 for the Paris Goals

At the COP30 Forest Pavilion, join global leaders and innovators driving a new era of transparent, science-based forest monitoring. Discover how the IKI-funded RESTORE+ project with its partners the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is advancing global cooperation for forests through new advances in Brazil’s monitoring systems integrating AI and field expertise, how open data empowers global forest protection and restoration, and the role of triangular cooperation in scaling sustainable forest management. Forest, Transparency and Climate Action: Smart Monitoring to Halt Forest Loss and Boost Forest Cover by 2030 for the Paris Goals.

Keynote Speakers: Eva Kracht (Director General for International and European Policy, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)), André Lima (National Secretary for Deforestation Control and Territorial Environmental Planning, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change), Kaveh Zahedi (Director, Climate Change, Biodiversity & Environment, FAO).

Expert Presentations: Gilberto Camara (INPE), Frank Martin Seifert (ESA), and Ane Alencar (IPAM).

Moderated by Rozalina Petrova, European Commission.

Transparent monitoring is our greatest ally in halting deforestation, restoring forests, and achieving the Paris Agreement goals. Together, we can protect the world’s forests and our shared future.