MEDIA ADVISORY Putting the focus on forest landscape restoration   12 December 2016 – Restoring deforested and degraded forest landscapes has become an urgent policy priority. The disappearance and degradation of forests around the world is impacting biodiversity, livelihoods, economic growth and climate change resilience. As world leaders and other stakeholders convene this week for […]

MEDIA ADVISORY One year on: Memories of Indonesia’s 2015 peatland fire crisis 1 November 2016 – As world leaders gather in the coming days for COP22 Marrakesh to discuss priorities for action on the Paris Agreement, Southeast Asia marks a year since an environmental crisis that had severe implications for global climate change. One year […]

MEDIA ADVISORY All about bushmeat: A new resource for sustainable management of wildlife 26 October 2016 – The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) today launched a new website on bushmeat – wild species that are hunted for food. The site brings together decades of research on the sustainable management of wildlife, with a particular […]

CIFOR Principal Scientist Terry Sunderland is part of a team of scholars from 90 institutions around the world, coordinated by Jingjing Liang (lead author), Peter B. Reich and Thomas W. Crowther, who have consolidated field-based forest inventory data from 777,126 permanent plots across the world, discovering a globally consistent positive effect of tree species diversity […]

MEDIA ADVISORY Wild honey harvest tradition in West Timor in harmony with forest protection   New research shows that the annual harvesting of wild honey may be one of the most sustainable and effective governance measures now protecting the Mount Mutis Nature Reserve in West Timor, Indonesia. The Kanoppi research project, a combined effort between […]

MEDIA ADVISORY New study analyzes four decades of satellite images – overturning assumptions about the role of industrial plantations in Borneo forest loss.   Debates over forest loss generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on the conservation side charge oil palm and pulp and paper for the destruction […]

MEDIA ADVISORY Dr. Vincent Gitz appointed Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry   13 September 2016 – CIFOR Director General Peter Holmgren today announced the appointment of Dr. Vincent Gitz as the new Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). Dr. Gitz replaces Dr. Robert […]

MEDIA ADVISORY Interactive wetlands map to contribute to action on climate change   16 August 2016 – The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) today launched an interactive, web-based map of the world’s wetlands on the sidelines of the 15th International Peat Congress in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The Global Wetlands Map is a new initiative […]

5 August 2016 – The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) today announced a new partnership to collaborate on knowledge, sharing, technical expertise and engagement on some key areas such as sustainable supply of agricultural commodities, business models and services provision to smallholders, innovations in financing mechanisms to provide […]

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 4 AUG 2016: Smaller nations are already feeling the effects of climate change and are working towards more sustainable development policies by encouraging closer collaborations between government, private sector, NGOs and development partners. This was the message from leaders in the Pacific Islands as they began the second day of the 2016 […]