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 01 Dec. 2025 to 12 Dec. 2025

Brazzaville, Congo

Capacity building in radar and optical remote sensing: 27 students trained in Brazzaville

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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A delegation from the One Forest Vision initiative took part in a dozen events between November 10 and 18, 2025, in Belém in the context of the COP to represent the voice of the Congo Basin and strengthen inter-basin synergies between the Amazon, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia/Oceania.

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After five days of sailing between Santarém and Belém, the Iaraçu scientific and river caravan reached its destination, concluding an exceptional journey dedicated to scientific and environmental cooperation in the heart of the Amazon. A delegation from One Forest Vision took part to represent the voice of the Congo Basin and strengthen inter-basin synergies between the Amazon, Central Africa and South-East Asia.

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