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The Restoration Monitoring Tools Guide, developed by Climate Focus and the World Resources Institute in partnership with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Global Restoration Observatory, provides a framework and interactive tool for designing landscape restoration monitoring systems. It outlines five essential steps for effective monitoring and offers a ToolFinder app to help users select appropriate, ready-to-use tools for terrestrial restoration.

The Stakeholder Toolkit provides a directory of digital monitoring tools, transparency initiatives, and collaborative coalitions designed to support forest monitoring, supply chain accountability, and the protection of land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

The Climate Policy Initiative warns that Brazil faces a potential cessation of official deforestation data for the Cerrado biome starting in April 2022 due to a lack of guaranteed funding for the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

This discussion paper introduces the concept of a "transformation seismograph" designed to detect and measure the speed and magnitude of the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions before such changes are reflected in emissions projections.

RMI and major oil and gas companies (BP, Equinor, Exxon, and Shell) condemn the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to end methane emissions monitoring, arguing that such monitoring is essential for the industry's viability and climate goals.

The 'Technical Guidelines for Validation and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions' is a draft document issued by the South African Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF). It establishes the framework for verifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data submitted by Data Providers under the National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations, 2016 (NGERs). The guidelines detail a phased verification programme, the internal review processes of the Competent Authority, the requirements for independent third-party verification, and the accreditation and competence standards for verifiers.

This policy brief advocates for the development and deployment of technologies to track agricultural nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, identifying current barriers such as a lack of cost-effective sensors and coordination. It highlights the 'Ag N2O MMRV Roadmap' as a guide to bridging research gaps and suggests a coordinated strategy involving federal agencies (for research strategy) and state governments (for incubation and incentives) to support a new industry of N2O monitoring services.

This guide explains how to use Collect Earth mapathons—an open-source tool combining satellite imagery and local knowledge—to monitor tree-based restoration. It details an 8-step implementation process and provides case studies from El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, and Rwanda to illustrate how the tool tracks tree cover and land-use changes against specific restoration targets.