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Board of Trustees


CIFOR and ICRAF share a common Board of Trustees that consists of members with diverse skills in areas such as forestry and agroforestry science, natural resources management, finance and risk management, policy and governance.

  • Elizabeth Adu

    Chair, People & Change Management Committee until 30 November 2019
    Ghana

  • Bisrat Aklilu

    Member until 30 April 2019
    Ethiopia

  • Phyllis Caldwell

    Member until 28 February 2019
    USA

  • José Campos

    Vice-Chair, Common Board
    Costa Rica

  • Doris Capistrano

    Chair, People & Change Management Committee from 1 December 2019
    Philippines

  • Maria Teresa Cervera Goy

    Member
    Spain

  • Getachew Engida

    Chair, Finance & Operation Committee
    Ethiopia

  • Agus Justianto

    Ex-Officio Government of Indonesia Representative
    Indonesia

  • Kaoru Kitajima

    Member
    Japan

  • Getachew

    Member
    Spain

  • Bushra Malik

    Chair, Audit & Risk Management Committee
    Pakistan

  • Wanjira Mathai

    Member
    Kenya

  • Kathleen Merrigan

    Member
    USA

  • Alexander Müller

    Chair, Research Development & Innovation Committee
    Germany

  • Robert Nasi

    Ex-Officio Director General CIFOR
    France

  • M. Claire O’Connor

    Chair, Common Board Chair, Executive Committee
    Ireland

  • Vijai Sharma

    Member
    India

  • Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström

    Member
    Finland

Forests in a
time of crises

CIFOR ANNUAL REPORT 2019

In 2019, the world witnessed some of our greatest challenges shift gears from urgent to emergency – from climate crisis to landscape degradation to the wildfires that devastated ecosystems across several continents. But it also saw momentum build with the announcement of the UN Decade of Ecological Restoration, a focus on nature-based solutions, and the recognition of local forest communities and Indigenous Peoples are the best land managers for forest conservation.

Another exciting development – the merger of CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) – set the stage for more evidence and solutions that will improve people’s lives, help to conserve and restore the ecosystems that support people and nature, and respond to the global climate crisis.

Our scientists advanced critical knowledge on forest landscape restoration, wild foods and timber legality in Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and peatland fires, biofuel, oil palm and wetland ‘blue carbon’ in Indonesia – with clear policy impacts in Southeast Asia from 10 years of social forestry research and engagement. Our ongoing Global Comparative Studies – GCS REDD+ and GCS Tenure – continued to bring science to policy makers across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Gender researchers looked deep into a myriad of topics, and we mourned the loss of principal scientist and Nairobi hub leader Esther Mwangi, whose legacy of achievements in gender and land rights won’t be soon forgotten. Finally the Global Landscapes Forum brought even more people together, both at events from Accra to Luxembourg as well as through exciting new digital innovations.