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CIFOR extends term of Director General Peter Holmgren
 
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CIFOR’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the extension of its Director General Dr. Peter Holmgren for an additional two-year term. Dr. Holmgren has served as CIFOR’s Director General since 2012. During his tenure at CIFOR, Dr. Holmgren has challenged the global community to redefine forestry and raise awareness of the contribution forests can make to all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if viewed through a holistic, landscape approach. The approach seeks to balance competing demands to build more resilient, climate friendly, diverse, equitable and productive rural landscapes.

“Dr. Holmgren has enhanced CIFOR’s position as a center of excellence, strengthened the Center’s operations and changed the way the world looks at forests,” said Dr. José Joaquín Campos Arce, the Chairman of CIFOR’s Board of Trustees. “This extension will give Peter and CIFOR staff the time to carry forward this agenda and ensure a smooth transition in the future.”

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MANGROVES
WHERE THE LAND MEETS THE SEA
Mangrove forests fare better when they are managed in partnership with local communities, a new CIFOR study finds.
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DEFORESTATION
MAPPING NEW TERRAIN
A groundbreaking new interactive atlas displays 40 years of human impact on forests in Borneo – tracking changes due to fires, logging, industrial plantations and more.
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Oil palm: Analyzing 400+ satellite images of Borneo from 1973-2015 to track forest loss
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL BLUE CARBON
Interest is growing among the scientific community about the powerful carbon capture and storage potential of mangroves.
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NUTRITION
HEALTHY DIETS
New study quantifies consumption of forest foods and compares their nutritional value against dietary guidelines.
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Livelihoods: Forests and micronutrient-rich food consumption in Indonesia
RESTORATION
MOTHER NATURE KNOWS BEST
Why policymakers shouldn't overlook the benefits of natural regeneration in forest and landscape restoration.
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Forest Landscape Restoration: Lessons from Latin America
LANDSCAPES
BALANCING ACT
Measuring the effectiveness of landscape approaches to conservation and development.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
INFOBRIEF
Forest tenure reform in Indonesia: When? What? Why?
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JOBS
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Forest disturbance, tree cover and water provisioning in the ‘water towers’ of East Africa
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PhD scholar on assessing drivers of deforestation at a national and subnational scale in the context of REDD+
UPCOMING EVENTS
Governing oil palm for gender equality and women’s empowerment – a multi-stakeholder dialogue
3 Mar 2017, University of Indonesia Salemba Campus, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia.
LPFN African Landscapes Dialogue
6 - 9 Mar 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Second General Assembly of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020
18 - 20 Mar 2017, Hotel Tulip, Brasilia, Brazil.
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