MEDIA ADVISORY Broadcast live Wednesday 13 June at 2pm Jakarta time (EST+12) (GMT+7) (CET +6) Watch live video stream online: www.cifor.org/live or www.metrotvnews.com/read/streaming BOGOR, Indonesia (12 June 2012) _ Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to give a global policy address themed “Forests in the future we want” at the headquarters of the Center […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr Peter Holmgren selected to lead the Center for International Forestry Research Bogor, Indonesia (8 June, 2012)—As forest conservation and sustainable development take centre stage in the lead up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (known as Rio+20), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) announced today the appointment of […]

*** MEDIA INVITATION *** Journalists are urged to register now by emailing CIFOR-8throundtablerio@cgiar.org Royal Tulip Hotel, Rio de Janeiro Tuesday 19 June, 14:00 Despite being largely left off the official agenda at Rio+20, forests are set to receive attention from two important environmental policymakers at this month’s summit, with the Brazilian and Norwegian Ministers of […]

For immediate release For more information: Leony Aurora Center for International Forestry Research l.aurora@cgiar.org Cell: +62-811-108-2309 BOGOR, Indonesia (17 April 2012) _ The international community needs to help developing countries increase their ability to measure and monitor the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that they save by safeguarding their forests if a UN-backed climate change […]

For immediate release (March 20, 2012) _ Although the level of deforestation in the world’s second-largest tropical forest remains relatively low compared to similar regions in Asia and Latin America, the latest satellite-based monitoring data has revealed that the annual rates of gross deforestation in the Congo Basin have doubled since 1990, according to a […]

PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 MARCH AT 13:00 GMT PARIS, FRANCE (2 March 2012) – The CGIAR Consortium, representing the world’s largest global agriculture research partnership aimed at reducing rural poverty and hunger was officially granted International Organization status today. The Agreement conferring the status was signed today by Ms. Anne Dorte Riggelsen, Ambassador of […]

As preparations for Rio+20 continue at the 2nd Inter-sessional Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in UN Headquarters and the International Year of Forests draws to a close, members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), are calling upon countries to capitalize on forests contributions and opportunities at the upcoming Rio+20 conference.

DURBAN (4 December 2011) — A new wave of deforestation is sweeping across Africa decimating wildlife and threatening the resilience of its ecosystems to withstand the effects of climate change — especially in the area food security, experts said.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA (4 December 2011)—With declining conditions in forests looming as a threat to climate health and the wellbeing of a billion impoverished people, the world’s largest consortium of agricultural researchers announced today an ambitious 10-year global research programme devoted to forests and agro-forestry.

DURBAN, South Africa (30 November, 2011) _ Despite being heralded as a green alternative to fossil fuels, a new study by the Center for International Forestry Research has found that carbon emissions generated from land conversion for biodiesel production may take decades to hundreds of years to reverse in some cases, raising serious questions about biodiesel sustainability. This large variation is the result of the type of land converted and the productivity of the feedstock crop.