Research Available
CIFOR's three research programmes address the needs
of the rural poor as well as environmental concerns:
- Environmental
services and sustainable use of forests oversees
research on biodiversity, carbon, fires,
watershed functions, and the sustainable
management and harvesting of forest products.
- Forest
governance examines the process of making and
implementing decisions about the management of
forests by people and organizations beyond the
scale of the individual household or small
enterprise.
- Forests and
livelihoods closely investigates how forest
resources and their management, use and trade
contribute to the livelihoods of the rural and
urban poor.
Impact
Through collaborative research with its partners in
over 40 countries, CIFOR has contributed
significantly in:
- Shaping the
global forest agenda
- Influencing
international policy dialogues, institutions and
processes
- Informing the
broader international forestry community
- Collaborating in
research with governments, NGOs and universities
- Building
research capacity in developing countries
- Encouraging
forest policy reform
- Protecting
existing forests and improving poor peoples'
livelihoods
- Developing
criteria and indicators for sustainable
management of forests
Priority
Eco-regions Studied
- Tropical moist
forests in Southeast Asia such as those in
Borneo
- Tropical moist
forests in central-west Africa and the Congo
Basin
- Tropical moist
forests of the western Amazon
- Drier forests
such as the Miombo woodlands of eastern-southern
Africa
- Rainforest-dry
forest continuum in southern India such as the
Western Ghats
- Uplands of
mainland Southeast Asia
- Mixed forest
systems of Central America
CIFOR employs over
150 staff at its headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia
and at its regional offices in Brazil, Cameroon and
Zimbabwe. It works
in over 30 countries worldwide and has links with
more than 300 researchers in 50 international,
regional and national organizations.
Governed by an international board of
trustees with 15 members from 12 countries, CIFOR
receives contributions from over 50 governments and
funding agencies.
For further information, please visit
the
CIFOR website.
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