Daniel took up his new responsibilities in June and will be based in Burkina Faso. He will continue to be involved in the Dry Forest Project.

The decision to promote Daniel follows discussions involving management and staff in February 2005 on the best model to manage CIFOR’s existing portfolio of projects while exploring new opportunities in West Africa.

Daniel is already busy negotiating a country agreement and making preparations for the start of the climate change project and continuing support to the Dry Forest project.

One of the biggest challenges that Daniel will face is mobilizing additional resources. CIFOR is confident that with support from its programme areas Daniel will achieve this goal.