Forests and climate change: Tough but fair decisions needed
Reducing deforestation to tackle climate change is achievable, but it will require governments to make tough yet fair decisions. more

Balancing conservation and development
Can a balance be found between conservation and development? Or are solutions doomed to an endless see-saw ride, tilting in favour of plants and animals one day? And people and communities the next? more

Landscape Mosaics project launched
Eighteen months after ICRAF and CIFOR agreed at a workshop in Bogor in March 2006 to establish a 'biodiversity platform', the initiative is now beginning to make true its promise of building research partnerships around the world. more

Forests: The complete picture
Sustainable forest management ongoing cyclical process of planning, action, and monitoring. If we study that description word-for-word, it clearly suggests that monitoring comes last in the cycle. But according to CIFOR’s Gen Takao, monitoring should come first. more

Best Brazil nut practice in Bolivia
Policy makers in Bolivia are becoming increasingly interested in supporting the livelihoods of the hundreds of local communities that effectively control two million hectares of the country's northern Amazon forests. For thousands of the families spread among these communities, the main source of livelihood income is the forest's rich source of Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa). Across Bolivia, Brazil nuts comprise 45 percent of the country's forest-related exports and contribute more than $70 million dollars to the national economy more

CIFOR launches CBFM database
CIFOR recently launched an electronic database that gathers bibliographic information about community forest management (CFM) in tropical Latin America. more

FOREST DAY at UNFCCC COP 13
Shaping the global agenda for forests and climate change. more

Human health and forests
CIFOR researchers have for a long time suspected that strong links exist between human health and forests. Only in the past few years have we been able to address the issue directly. more

Regent's vision in Malinau rewarded with major environmental prize
The regent for Malinau in East Kalimantan, Dr. Marthin Billa, has been awarded Indonesia’s highest environmental prize in recognition of his efforts to establish Malinau as a conservation district. more

Forests and climate workshop for media
A training workshop in Indonesia has helped journalists identify some of the key issues they face when reporting on climate change and forests. The CIFOR-WWF workshop was held in early May in Jakarta with the aim of enhancing the media's knowledge and reporting of the often complex issues surrounding climate change. It also presented scientists and communication specialists working on climate change issues with an opportunity to better understand the needs of journalists when producing stories about this often confusing topic. more

2011 Year of Forests: proud achievement
The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) officially launched the 2011 International Year of Forests at its Seventh Session in April. The launch followed a resolution initiated by Croatia and passed by UN General Assembly in December 2006. more

Does resettlement help or hinder conservation?
Do villages in forests threaten biodiversity? Can species survive only where there’s a fence keeping them in and people out? CIFOR’s Anne Marie Tiani and Chimere Diaw tackle these perennially debated issues in a study of Korup National Park in Cameroon. more

Staff Update more

CIFOR Board of Trustees more