OneForestVision

One Forest Vision initiative

Scientific cooperation and capacity building to protect tropical forests and wetlands

This initiative aims to provide scientific support to the countries of the tropical basins in efforts to preserve the environmental integrity and irretrievable biodiversity of tropical forests and wetlands as well as monitoring carbon reservoirs in forest basins. The One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi) will enable transparent monitoring of forest degradation, carbon stocks and tropical biodiversity. The initiative was pioneered by 6 major French research bodies (CEA, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, MNHN) and is being developed in partnership with research institutions in the partner countries. The initiative is already receiving French government funding for the Congo Basin.

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event From 23 Feb. 2025 to 11 Mar. 2025

Libreville, Gabon

Gabon: towards a public infrastructure for sharing scientific data on forests and wetlands

As part of the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative, Pearl Winchester, Research Fellow at IRD - within the Data Terra unit, carried out a mission in Gabon from 23 February to 11 March 2025. Her objective: to assess the pre-feasibility of public infrastructures for sharing scientific data on forests and wetlands and measure their potential for appropriation by local stakeholders.
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From March 3 to 5, 2025, Libreville hosted a major scientific event as part of the One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi). The workshop brought together 80 participants for a plenary session at the Baie des Rois, and around 35 scientists who continued their discussions and work in technical workshops at the Centre Gabonais de l'Innovation (CGI).

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The workshop on ‘Reliable carbon quantification based on field observations in African tropical forests’ was held from 4 to 6 February 2025 at the Cino Del Duca Foundation in Paris. The event brought together some sixty leading experts from four continents to discuss the challenges and advances in carbon monitoring in African forests.

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24 January 2025

Mbalmayo, Cameroon

Routing equipment for super-sites

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OFVi has financed the shipment of high-tech equipment to several super-sites in Africa. This equipment will enhance the field capabilities of the scientific teams and improve the conditions for plant surveys and inventories.

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