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CIFOR Priorities 2017
Science that impacts forests and people
 
Inside Indonesia’s fires and haze
 

This year will be a crucial time for science that impacts forests and people. In a new publication, CIFOR Priorities 2017, the Center for International Forestry Research has laid out research objectives for the coming year, based on ongoing work and goals for the future.

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FORESTS AND ENERGY
SPLITTING HAIRS OVER SPLITTING WOOD
CIFOR Director General Peter Holmgren on how forests and biomass can deliver crucial energy to support the livelihoods of billions of people, while providing opportunities for a climate-smart future.
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Forest-based bioenergy: A video interview with DG Peter Holmgren and CIFOR Scientist Himlal Baral on the occasion of the International Day of Forests on 21 March.
Think you know forests?: Test your knowledge with our online quiz.
TREES, FORESTS AND WATER
SAVE FORESTS, OR LOSE THE RAIN
New research has revealed a multitude of ways in which forests create rain and cool local climates, urging a closer look at forests’ capabilities beyond just climate change mitigation.
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Video: The role of forests and deforestation in local, regional and global precipitation.
Cool insights, hot implications: The connections between trees, water and climate.
TENURE REFORM
LESSONS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
A Q&A with researcher Anne Larson on the changing conditions of rights and resources in discussion at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference from 20-24 March.
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Tenure and trade: How to make a living from the forests of Nepal.
Indigenous rights: What’s next for customary forests in Indonesia?
GENDER RELATIONS IN PALM OIL
VOICES OF WOMEN WORKERS
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, CIFOR and partners held a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on Governing oil palm for gender and women’s empowerment in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Gender and forests: Compiling 30 years of research.
Gender and oil palm: Examining gender gaps in Indonesia's palm oil industry.
Women’s decent employment: A discussion on the impacts of commercialization in agriculture and forestry.
WILDLIFE
STORIES TO SAVE THE ORANGUTANS
In the wetlands of Indonesian Borneo, researchers have uncovered an unlikely ally in the quest to save endangered orangutans: stories, beliefs and taboos.
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Global Landscapes Forum: A live Twitter Q&A for World Wildlife Day.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL ARTICLE
An expert system model for mapping tropical wetlands and peatlands reveals South America as the largest contributor Why?
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Transforming the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for greater gender equality and women’s empowerment
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fire economy and actor network of forest and land fires in Indonesia
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Forest foods and healthy diets: quantifying the contributions
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2017 Landscape Governance Course
3–17 April 2017, CIFOR Headquarters, Bogor, Indonesia
XIX Commonwealth Forestry Conference
3–7 April 2017, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
International Conference on Sustainable Mangroves Ecosystem
18–21 April 2017, Bali, Indonesia
Global Landscapes Forum: Peatlands Matter
18 May 2017, JS Luwansa Hotel and Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
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