South-South cooperation plays a crucial role in improving forest data transparency, enhancing national forest inventories (NFI) and forest monitoring efforts across regions like Latin America and the Caribbean. By sharing resources, knowledge and technical expertise, countries can collaboratively address challenges such as deforestation and forest degradation, while harmonizing data collection methods, developing capacity and improving the accuracy of forest information.
In the forestry sector, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are taking great strides in jointly addressing environmental challenges, particularly in forest management. Through close collaboration facilitated by the National Forest Inventory (NFI) Network for Latin America and the Caribbean and with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), these countries have made significant progress in improving forest data quality, sharing best practices and increasing transparency.