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CIFOR Strategy, 2008 - 2018: Making a Difference for Forests and People
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, CIFOR is proud to present its new strategy, "Making a Difference for Forests and People" ( PDF, size 0.7MB).
In 2006 CIFOR's Board and Management agreed to develop a new strategy to better respond to current and future challenges, and remain a relevant source of timely analysis and knowledge on tropical forests and the people who depend on them. CIFOR's External Programme and Management Review (EPMR) in 2005-6 also recommended that the Center should develop a new strategy as a priority.
After more than a year of internal debate and external consultation we are confident that the new strategy has positioned CIFOR in such a way as to ensure our research is not only relevant, timely and accurate, but that it reaches the right people in order to have a genuine impact.
The new strategy provides significant continuity with the past, building on the many assets CIFOR has developed during its first 15 years. But it also addresses new challenges - such as climate change and the dramatic rise of forest-related trade and investment - that now characterize the literal and figurative landscape in which we work.
In order to increase the likelihood of success in translating research into impact, the strategy focuses CIFOR's research on six "research domains" and a range of associated "themes". These 6 domains are:
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Enhancing the role of forests in climate mitigation (with a focus on REDD)
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Enhancing the role of forests in adaptation to climate change
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Improving livelihoods through smallholder and community forestry
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Managing trade-offs between conservation and development at landscape scale
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Managing impacts of globalised trade and investment on forests and forest communities
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Sustainable management of tropical production forests
CIFOR has been careful to align its 2009-2011 Medium Term Plan ( PDF, size 0.9MB) with the new strategy. The MTP includes a new portfolio of six projects that correspond with the six research domains. These research projects will continue to be concentrated across the Amazon basin, the Congo basin, dryland Africa and South East Asia.
Frances Seymour
Director General
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