*** 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 […]