Liz Deakin, a post-doctoral fellow at CIFOR, spoke at an international seminar on the landscape approach, part of a global dialogue about the future of natural resource management. The one-day event, held in Sweden, discussed the pros and cons of the landscape approach compared with traditional sectoral and project-based initiatives, with a focus on low-income […]

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) joins the Government of Indonesia at the Tropical Landscapes Summit: A Global Investment Opportunity in Jakarta on 27 and 28 April. Indonesia’s position to shape and push the global shift towards a green economy, encourage investments in sustainable land use and achieve climate change mitigation at a global […]

With the understanding that citizen participation is what gives legitimacy to the process of legislative reform, Ecuador’s National Assembly’s Working Committee on Natural Resources and Biodiversity invited various sectors of society to participate in public hearings to discuss a bill to create an Environment Code last March.

CIFOR and partners are currently comparatively analyzing the many initiatives of global monitoring systems on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals from the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector.

Around the world, countries are trying to curb the emission of greenhouse gases due to deforestation and other land uses. But in order to cut emissions, you must know how much you’re emitting—a challenge for many tropical countries. Indonesia is no different. Now, though, it is poised to launch a powerful new tool to support […]

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) joins a host of prominent organizations presenting at the 2015 Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, held in Washington, DC, all this week. The emerging role of non-state actors in forest governance and the need for a critical analysis of recent zero-deforestation pledges are among the […]

The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW) today launched the Bushmeat Sourcebook, an online resource, on the occasion of the second World Wildlife Day.

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has launched a learning toolbox for its Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation Mitigation Program (SWAMP), a research program that aims to inform policy makers on the crucial role of tropical wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. The SWAMP toolbox is a series of online and downloadable presentations on […]

Tropical wetlands—chiefly mangrove and peat forests—are critically important for protecting coastlines, nourishing wildlife and livelihoods, and mitigating climate change. For example, coastal mangrove forests store three times the amount of carbon of land-based tropical forests. Tropical peat forests, meanwhile, are home to some of the most iconic—and endangered—animals on Earth, including orangutans, tigers and rhinos.