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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Family photo at the end of session 1, attended by around twenty participants
event From 26 May 2025 to 30 May 2025

Libreville, Gabon

Pl@ntNet in Gabon: participatory science in action with One Forest Vision

From 26 to 30 May 2025, the first Pl@ntNet training course in Gabon was successfully held at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST) in Libreville for the theoretical part, and at the Raponda Walker Arboretum for the practical session. Organised as part of the One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi), this training marks a decisive step in the deployment of participatory science for plant conservation in Gabon.
Photo of the GEO DRC delegation's visit to Montpellier
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From 12 to 16 May 2025, the One Forest Vision team welcomed and accompanied a high-level delegation from the Group for Earth Observation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GEO DRC), for a series of 13 meetings with some forty scientists and diplomats, marked by a shared ambition to put space and environmental data at the service of sustainable development. The delegation, which included 8 political and scientific leaders, was led by ambassador Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, Senior Environment Adviser to President Félix Tshisekedi.

Photo of the AGEOS feedback meeting
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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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