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CIFOR IMPACT

CIFOR News 34 (December 2003)

CIFOR News Online
•Indonesian President thanks CIFOR
•CIFOR Brazil celebrates anniversary with Embrapa
•Ringing in the changes
•Diet and disease among forest people
•CIFOR IMPACT
•Forest dwellers on the brink
•Stimulating policy dialogue about Africa’s dry forests
•Research partnerships: Influencing the forest agenda?
•Decentralization and forests in Indonesia
•Decentralization and forests in Latin America
•Saving Mahogany, saving forests, saving lives
•Data about data can answer complex forest questions
•Quebec declaration on NWFP global partnership
•New CIFOR NTFP publications
•Book Review
•Announcement
•Staff Update

  1. Delivering the message

    Throughout 2003 over 350 news stories mentioned CIFOR, compared to 170 in 2002. Stories appeared in Algemeen Dagblad, BBC, Deutche Welle, The Economist, International Herald Tribune, the Korean Herald, Newsweek, New Scientist, The Wall Street Journal, and most major international wire services. Most Indonesian newspapers and magazines and a number of television and radio stations ran stories. Among the topics that attracted the greatest attention were research on fast growing tree plantations, the links between oil exports and deforestation, forest debt, illegal logging, money laundering, forest fires, and the Malinau Research Forest, as well as CIFOR’s 10th anniversary activities. The media coverage of CIFOR’s research has drawn responses from government decision makers, members of parliament, donors, NGOs and industry alike, demonstrating that CIFOR’s message is being heard.
  2. Getting the message through on forest crime

    The Indonesian House of Representatives recently included crimes against forests and the environment, such as illegal logging, in new amendments to existing anti-money laundering laws. Passed in October 2003, the revised law sends a clear signal to illegal loggers that the Government is serious in dealing with forest crime. CIFOR's policy and financial analyst Bambang Setiono worked closely with the Head of Indonesia's Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis Centre, Yunus Husein and DPR member Sukowaluyo Mintorahrdjo, to alert regulators to how money laundering laws might be used to combat illegal logging. He also assisted in framing the legislation to include forest crimes. If properly implemented and enforced, this decision may prove to be the most important measure yet taken to combat illegal logging. Impact!

James Clarke
Media Liaison & Outreach Manager
CIFOR, Jalan CIFOR
Situ Gede, Sindang Barang
Bogor Barat 16115
Tel: +62 251 8622 622
Fax: +62 251 8622100
Mobile: +62 81219471060
Email: j.clarke@cgiar.org
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
CIFOR advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).