Indonesia’s new forestry minister visits CIFOR
CIFOR played welcome host to a visit in late November by Indonesia’s newly appointed Minister for Forestry, H. MS Kaban. Staff and management felt honored and privileged by the Minister’s decision to deliver a speech at CIFOR less than a month after taking over the national forestry portfolio. more

Exchanging forest rehabilitation experiences
With 12 million hectares of the world’s rainforests disappearing each year - an area approximately the size of Greece - considerable international attention is now placed on rehabilitation activities. Efforts to rehabilitate degraded forest lands have been undertaken in Indonesia and around the world for several decades. more

Rehabilitating forests is a team effort - Opinion, Dr. Takeshi Toma, CIFOR
Rehabilitating the nation’s degraded forest lands is one of the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry’s most important priorities. It is an initiative that in principle has widespread support. more

AFP - a regional approach to meeting forestry challenges
Although still in its infancy, the Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) looks set to make an important contribution to sustainable forest management in the region. This was clearly demonstrated at the recent ITTO Regional Workshop on Strengthening the Asia Forest Partnership, held in Yogyakarta August 30th - September 1st, which attracted 160 of the region’s leading forest experts and officials. more

CIFOR building capacity of forest information services in Asia
Each and every day sees a significant increase in the already massive amount of forest-related information and data being produced at institutions and organizations across the globe. Managing this information so it can be accessed and used by people working on forests around the world is a major challenge. One organization leading the way in meeting this challenge is the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). more

CIFOR turns ten in Harare
One of CIFOR’s key events for 2004 was its 10th Anniversary Celebration in Harare, Zimbabwe. Held on September 23, the anniversary featured a speech from Mrs. Margaret Sangarwe, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and was attended by Government officials, academics, researchers and community representatives. more

CIFOR and partners win CGIAR Innovation award
CGIAR AGM-Mexico, October 25-29 2004
It was smiles all round for CIFOR staff and their partners in central America when it was announced at the CGIAR AGM they had won the “Innovation Marketplace” award. Valued at $10,000, the award recognizes successful and innovative partnerships between community service organizations and CGIAR research centers in Latin America and the Caribbean. more

Canada Supports Carbon Workshop: CIFOR, February 2005
With support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), CIFOR will host a workshop to look at the lessons learned from implementing carbon sequestration projects that have strong livelihood components, at its headquarters in Bogor on 16-17 February 2005. more

CIFOR helps Cameroon government develop forest C&I
A CIFOR workshop has played an important role in helping Cameroon move towards finalizing its criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management. Held in the CIFOR’s Yaoundé offices in May, the workshop brought together scientists, officials, and representatives of civil society and the logging industry. more

Back to the grassroots
Wild pigs, sago palms and a trojan horse
Being asked what they think about forest management -or, for that matter, anything else - is a novelty for the Dayaks of East Kalimantan. For decades prior to the fall of President Suharto in 1998, loggers, miners, traders and government officials did much as they pleased with the forests. The local people, many of them forest-dwellers, were seldom consulted. more

Paying people to protect their environment in Bolivia
In recent years Payments for Environmental Services have drawn increasing attention among conservationists and development experts. Paying people in developing countries to sustainably manage their natural resources is seen by some as a means to protect the environment while reducing poverty. more

Special awards for CIFOR. more

CIFOR impact: CIFOR’s research helps forest training in Brazil
Purabi Bose, CIFOR’s Associate Expert for Impact Assessment and Research Uptake CIFOR, reports on how CIFOR’s NTFP research is having a positive impact on training institutions in Brazil. more

Lofoten proceedings. more

CIFOR building capacity: Training partners from west Papua
CIFOR conducts a two week training workshop for a range of forestry stakeholders from West Papua. more

Community forestry partnerships in eastern Indonesia and Australia
Low-income, small-scale farmers often miss out on the benefits of commercial forestry. But a new project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) aims to improve this situation. more

Book Reviews. more

Is there a wood ceiling?
Gender research and forestry: Pre-IUFRO Congress meeting. “Knock on Wood: Harvesting the Human Potential for Balanced Forestry Management”. more

Staff Update. more

CIFOR Board of Trustees. more