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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12 February 2026

Brazzaville

Launch ceremony for six OFVi thesis projects in Congo

On 12 February 2026, the French Institute of Congo in Brazzaville hosted the official launch ceremony for six thesis projects supported by the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative and co-financed by the French Embassy in the Republic of Congo.
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From 7 to 9 January 2026, Brazzaville hosted the first annual Congo Basin Futures conference, organised by the Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI). This inaugural event brought together the scientific community of the Congo Basin. The One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative played an active role, confirming its role as a link between scientific research, training for young researchers and regional cooperation.

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The Remote Sensing and Forest Ecology Laboratory at the École Normale Supérieure, with the support of Initiative One Forest Vision (OFVi), has organized the sixth edition of the Radar and Optical Remote Sensing School (ETRO) 2025 from December 1 to 12, 2025, at the Francophone Digital Campus of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) on the site of the École Normale Supérieure in Brazzaville.

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On 24 November 2025, as part of French President Emmanuel Macron's official visit to Libreville, a high-level meeting dedicated to the forests of the Congo Basin was held at Baie des Rois. Entitled ‘Forests of the Congo Basin: review and prospects for the joint commitments of Gabon, France and their partners,’ this meeting brought together nearly 300 experts, researchers, scientists, and institutional and government representatives, confirming the strategic role of the Congo Basin in the global climate response.

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