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When the Center for International Forestry Research began in 1993 in temporary offices in Bogor, Indonesia, with just a handful of staff, few would have anticipated its future impact and contribution to the global forestry research agenda. Today, with over 200 scientists and support staff, and 200 partners working in 30 countries worldwide, CIFOR has become one of the most influential research organisations working on forests and forest-related issues….
Anniversary compendiums
Videos
CIFOR’s 20th Anniversary Luncheon
CIFOR Director General, Peter Holmgren
Peter Holmgren’s presentation at CIFOR’s 20th Anniversary Luncheon at Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, on November 28th, 2013.
Increasing food security and nutrition through ecosystem services
CIFOR Director General, Peter Holmgren
Presentation by Peter Holmgren, CIFOR Director General at International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, May 13th, 2013.The International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition will increase understanding of the crucial role that forests, trees on farms and agroforestry systems can play in improving the food security and nutrition of rural people, especially in developing countries. It will propose ways to integrate this knowledge in policy decisions at the national and international levels.
CIFOR Director General, Peter HolmgrenPeter
Holmgren speech at REDD-I LoA 2nd phase signing in conjunction with FORDA centenary. Bogor, Indonesia, April 25th, 2013.
CIFOR Scientists
CIFOR scientists discuss CIFOR’s greatest impacts and achievements over the past 20 years, as well as the biggest challenges facing forests in the next 20 years.
CIFOR Director General, Peter Holmgren
CIFOR Director General Peter Holmgren delivering the keynote address “Forestry from a Landscape Perspective: Opportunities for Sustainable Growth” at The Economist’s World Forests Summit in Stockholm on March 6, 2013.
Landscapes, forests and development
CIFOR Director General, Peter Holmgren
Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), gives the keynote address at the Institute of Foresters of Australia National Conference, “Managing our Forests into the 21st Century”, in Canberra on 8 April 2013.Peter talks about the need to erase the “lines in the landscape” — with forest on one side and non-forest on the other — to break down walls between sectors and move toward a landscape approach.For more thoughts from Peter Holmgren, read his blog or follow him on Twitter @pholmgren.