Publications
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CIFOR-ICRAF principles for successful tree planting
To ensure all the admirable tree planting pledges have long-term benefits for people and the planet, the right tree needs to be planted in the right place for the right purpose. This guide offers nine principles for successful tree planting initiatives.
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Meeting the food security challenge for nine billion people in 2050: What impact on forests?
Agricultural land use and expansion are the primary drivers of world-wide deforestation, which increases food production short-term. But in the long-term, maintaining healthy forests is essential for a resilient global food system. This review evaluates food security outcomes under different land-use scenarios to 2050.
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Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions
This review looks at case studies of natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land and identifies barriers to the development, management and persistence of these plots. The authors conclude with specific economic and policy recommendations for the local, national and global scales that would favor natural forest regrowth and human well-being.
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Where are the women? A review and conceptual framework for addressing gender equity in charcoal value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa
Although women increasingly participate in charcoal value chains throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, they benefit unequally from their work compared to men. Women have less access and control over productive resources and income, less social and political capital, and face challenges related to traditional gender roles and responsibilities. These inequalities could hamper the implementation of more sustainable charcoal value chains if not addressed.
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Human activities link fruit bat presence to Ebola virus disease outbreaks
This study uses favorability modelling to link deforestation with Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks and increased human interactions with select species of fruit bats. Several of these bats are known carriers of the virus, making this study a stepping stone for future research of the networks and pathways that may lead to an EVD outbreak.
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Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
This study assesses and compares carbon sink capacity in tropical forests throughout Africa and the Amazon. While carbon sinks in Africa have remained stable for three decades, carbon sink capacity in the Amazon has declined, suggesting asynchronous carbon sink saturation on the two continents. Carbon saturation in tropical forests has major consequences for climate policies moving forward
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CIFOR-ICRAF principles for successful tree planting
Meeting the food security challenge for nine billion people in 2050: What impact on forests?
Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions
Where are the women? A review and conceptual framework for addressing gender equity in charcoal value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa
Human activities link fruit bat presence to Ebola virus disease outbreaks
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
Forests news
How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’
Peatlands as a safe haven for rare and threatened biodiversity
Q+A: Nutri-scapes Transformative Partnership Platform a recipe for better nutrition
How tree growing can mitigate environmental impact of displacement
Tree planting critical, but can’t fix climate change on its own
Agroforestry ‘basins’ stir up big benefits for women in Kenya drylands
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How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’
When prey species, especially large mammals, are taken out of forests through hunting, the balance between pathogens and hosts is altered to the extent that viruses, bacteria that cause disease can jump between different animals and even onto humans.
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Peatlands as a safe haven for rare and threatened biodiversity
From government representatives to local researchers, panelists, with their own varied expertise and passions, highlighted the need for action to save peatlands for their precious biodiversity, climate resilience and human health at GLF Biodiversity.
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Q+A: Nutri-scapes Transformative Partnership Platform a recipe for better nutrition
The need for a profound shift of the global food and agriculture system away from a focus on quantity of food toward providing healthy diets is increasingly recognized.
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How tree growing can mitigate environmental impact of displacement
Among the many socio-economic and ecological impacts displaced people have had on the landscape in Central Africa is a higher demand for energy, which puts increased pressure on forests and woodlands.
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Tree planting critical, but can’t fix climate change on its own
Tree planting has become a ubiquitous feature of the environmental zeitgeist in a bid to slow the climate crisis by capturing carbon dioxide and restoring landscapes.
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Agroforestry ‘basins’ stir up big benefits for women in Kenya drylands
An ethnographer overturns some of the generally accepted parameters which have largely defined gender studies, suggesting that the habits and practices of men warrant greater consideration than they have received to date.
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Videos
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Elikya, l’enfant de la forêt (version en lingala)
Elikya, a young boy in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo, embarks on a quest to save the forests and biodiversity of his village from human destruction.
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INDONESIA’S SECRET FORESTS: Underground water world
In Java’s cultural heartland, a hidden world of caverns, clear water and mysterious creatures has created an ecosystem like no other. Sculpted by water over millions of years, this subterranean system is a magnet for adventure seekers and a key reservoir for local communities. But erosion, pollution and overuse threaten to contaminate the water and harm the unusual geological formations.
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International Day of Forests
As a new decade begins, social and economic initiatives backed by sound government policies are key to spurring conservation and sustainable management of fragile forest and agroforestry ecosystems.
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DRC: Producing charcoal briquettes from sawmill waste
The organization OCEAN is producing charcoal briquettes by using sawmill waste in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The briquettes offer the urban population a sustainable wood fuel alternative to cook their meals.
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COVID-19 and what it means for wild meat
As the efforts to curb pandemic accelerate, many conservationists are welcoming China’s move to outlaw hunting and consumption of wild animals. But the ban may put millions of forest dwellers at risk of food insecurity, as Indigenous or rural communities often consume wild meat as their sole source of protein.
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Forest Film Festival 2020
Films have the power to inspire. The Forest Film Festival will transport audiences to some of the world’s most stunning tropical forests, featuring stories based on research by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), highlighting the crucial role that these biodiverse ecosystems play in providing people and the planet with vital services from nutritious food to protection from climate change.
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Elikya, l’enfant de la forêt (version en lingala)
INDONESIA’S SECRET FORESTS: Underground water world
International Day of Forests
DRC: Producing charcoal briquettes from sawmill waste
COVID-19 and what it means for wild meat
Forest Film Festival 2020
Presentations
Quantifying the direct contributions of forests to diets in Zambia: sharing preliminary result from a CIFOR-FAO project
Paludiculture to support peatland restoration in Indonesia
Impact of the pandemic situation on ASEAN response to potential fire and haze events
Steps towards self-standing Blue Carbon emission reporting and mitigation targets under the Paris Agreement and VERRA
La gobernanza de los bosques y la participación de las mujeres indígenas
Gender transformative rights-based approaches for sustainable landscapes (glf bonn 2019)
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Quantifying the direct contributions of forests to diets in Zambia: sharing preliminary result from a CIFOR-FAO project
This pilot study estimates the quantities of wild foods consumed to understand how much they contribute to diets and nutrition in several regions in Zambia. With the results, CIFOR-ICRAF scientists hope to craft a strategy that can be used regularly by national agencies in Zambia or elsewhere to estimate of the quantity of wild forest foods collected and consumed.
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Paludiculture to support peatland restoration in Indonesia
This presentation emphasized on the potential of paludiculture as a means to improve degraded peatland ecosystem while simultaneously generating economic benefits to the local community.
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Impact of the pandemic situation on ASEAN response to potential fire and haze events
Deforestation, loss of biodiversity and the reduction of forested areas through fires may contribute to higher risk of viral epidemics.
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Steps towards self-standing Blue Carbon emission reporting and mitigation targets under the Paris Agreement and VERRA
This presentation introduces the Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP) project, gives an overview about wetlands research and outlines key notes from the original webinar.
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La gobernanza de los bosques y la participación de las mujeres indígenas
Involving Indigenous women in forest governance improves livelihoods, land tenure and gender equity.
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Gender transformative rights-based approaches for sustainable landscapes (glf bonn 2019)
Rights-based approaches to forest conservation and restoration are essential for building equitable and sustainable landscapes.
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Podcasts
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Indigenous Communities: respect for land steeped in traditions
The pace of environmental decline is slower on Indigenous-managed territories thanks to their traditions and landscape management techniques. In this podcast, Rukka Sombolinggi, secretary general of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance Of The Archipelago (AMAN), and Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz, an Indigenous activist and researcher, discuss how communities in Mexico and Indonesia are using their traditional knowledge protect their land and combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Forests 101: The green infrastructure sustaining the life on earth
Forests need to be conserved, as they are essential for maintaining life on earth. In this episode, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General Robert Nasi shares his views on the most pressing challenges in forest conservation and management, how the climate crisis changes things and how we can overcome these challenges.
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Women farmers, the unsung heroes
The very first episode of “Let’s Talk Trees” podcast highlights the lives of some invisible heroes: women farmers who feed the world. Listen to Houria Djoudi, a senior scientist on the Sustainable Landscape and Livelihood team at CIFOR, and Ana Maria Paez-Valencia, a scientist in the Gender Unit at ICRAF, discuss the roles of women farmers in forest communities and the inspiration for their research.
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Our food system, is it sustainable?
Accelerating deforestation is a risk to global food security, say Amy Ickowitz, team leader of the Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods program at CIFOR and Anja Gassner, senior livelihoods specialist and head of research methods group at ICRAF. Forests and other natural landscapes are the source of countless nutrient-rich species of wild fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, insects, wild meat and even fish across the globe. Conserving this biodiversity is an important step for creating a resilient food system.
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Why the energy and food nexus is critical in refugee contexts
In light of World Refugee Day, this episode of “Let’s Talk Trees” addresses the challenges of food insecurity, firewood scarcity and environmental degradation in refugee settings. Mary Njenga, a bioenergy research scientist at ICRAF and Ruth Mendum, associate director for gender initiatives and an assistant professor of research at Pennsylvania State University share their ongoing work to increase food and fuel supply while protecting the natural landscape surrounding refugee communities in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
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10 Preguntas Para Entender Por Qué Necesitamos Más Manglares, Más Que Nunca
Mangroves are critically important in the fight against man-made climate change and adaptation. Three scientists: Rosa Román from CIFOR, Miguel Cifuentes from CATIE and Jorge Herrera from CINVESTAD answer 10 questions about these amphibious ecosystems and opportunities for mangrove restoration.
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Indigenous Communities: respect for land steeped in traditions
Forests 101: The green infrastructure sustaining the life on earth
Women farmers, the unsung heroes
Our food system, is it sustainable?
Why the energy and food nexus is critical in refugee contexts
10 Preguntas Para Entender Por Qué Necesitamos Más Manglares, Más Que Nunca
Agroforestry
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In Depth
Indonesia’s secret forests: Underground water world
The coastal karst landscape of Gunung Sewu houses a secret: large networks of underground rivers and caves that provide pristine water to forests and farms above ground.
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The world’s largest desert lake and a disappearing way of life
Years of drought in Kenya are forcing nomadic people to abandon their traditions and cluster in villages around the world’s largest desert lake – Lake Turkana. Sometimes, their new livelihoods add to environmental degradation and climate change.
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Komodo tourism: More than just dragons
Seeing Komodo dragons in their natural habitat is a major driver of tourism to the island. But as tourism increases, it becomes harder to conserve and maintain this unique landscape.
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Can tree planting save our planet?
Tree planting has become the latest trend in helping to tackle the climate crisis. But can tree planting really save the planet? At the tree planting digital forum, participants studied principles for successful, evidence-based tree planting that supports livelihoods, communities and the planet.
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FTA 2020 Science Conference Forest, trees and agroforestry science for transformational change
This internal forest, trees and agroforestry (FTA) digital conference invited CGIAR experts from the project’s six research streams to network and share best practices and important findings.
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GLF Bonn Digital Conference: Food in the time of crises
Human health, food security and livelihoods depend on planetary health. But today, food systems are one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, a main driver of deforestation and the greatest threat to biodiversity. The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) digital forum in June invited participants to think about how food systems can be transformed to benefit people and the planet.
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GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World – One Health
This event brought together biodiversity experts, scientists, policymakers, journalists, activists, business people and Indigenous groups to discuss working together to conserve the world’s disappearing biodiversity—from seeds to sea turtles. Held under the theme ‘One World – One Health’, this two-day conference reached millions of people, spotlighted ecosystem restoration and contributed to the UN CBD’s Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Covid-19 and What it Means for Wild Meat
As the efforts to curb COVID-19 accelerate, many conservationists are welcoming China’s move to outlaw hunting and consumption of wild animals. And yet, the reality is not that simple. The ban may put millions of forest dwellers at risk of food insecurity, as Indigenous or rural communities often consume wild meat as their sole source of protein.
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Forest Film Festival | December 2020
The first Forest Film Festival transported audiences to stunning tropical forests around the world. Featured films highlighted the crucial role that biodiverse ecosystems play in providing people and the planet with vital services from nutritious food to protection from climate change.
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Can tree planting save our planet?
FTA 2020 Science Conference Forest, trees and agroforestry science for transformational change
GLF Bonn Digital Conference: Food in the time of crises
GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World – One Health
Covid-19 and What it Means for Wild Meat
Forest Film Festival | December 2020
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Secret forests: Underground water world
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Daniel Murdiyarso, 2020 Recipient of Habibie Prize for Engineering Sciences
Regreening Africa
