CIFOR Staff News, March 2008

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CIFOR News Online No. 45

•	Forest Day: A Day to Remember!
•	The Bali Road Map - Highway or Cul-de-Sac?
•	Do Trees Grow on Money?
•	Youth Make Cool Change for Climate!
•	Joint Biodiversity Platform: Looking Beyond the Forests to Save Them
•	AFP: From Strength to Strength
•	Poverty Alleviation in China: The Case of Bamboo
•	The Poverty & Environment Network (PEN)
•	Adaptive Research, Adaptive Management: Research Thrives in Nepal Despite Conflict
•	The Bush Meat Dilemma in Central Africa
•	Forests & Trade: The Challenge of Selling Tree Products in Africa
•	CIFOR Cements Itself in West Africa
•	Forest Day - Cameroon, 24 April 2008
•	A New Dawn for Community Forestry in Bolivia
•	REDD & PES: CIFOR's Sven Wunder Breaks Down the Acronyms
•	Quo Vadis Indonesian Forestry?
•	Acknowledging Excellence
•	Global Community Exceeds the Billion Tree Challenge
•	Message from the DG
•	Upcoming Events
•	Staff Update
•	CIFOR Board of Trustees

Welcome!

	Feby Litamahuputty, a long time staff member, is now CIFOR's Board and Program Development Administrator. She has a Bachelors degree in French Literature from Pajajaran University, Indonesia.
	Sharat Kumar joined CIFOR in January 2008 as Director of Human Resources. Prior to joining CIFOR, Sharat was the Director of Corporate Services with IWMI, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has a Masters Degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India.
	Catur Wahyu Andhito was appointed to the position of Communications Assistant for the Information Services Group (ISG) on January 1, 2008. Catur has been a consultant to ISG since July 2005.
	Dien Fiani Ratna Dewi was appointed to the position of Programmer for ISG on January 1, 2008. Dien has been a consultant to ISG since June 2004.
	Edwin Yulianto was appointed to the position of Multimedia Web Administrator for ISG on January 1, 2008. Edwin has been a consultant to ISG since May 2006.
	Rizka Taranita Razuani was appointed to the position of Communications Assistant for ISG on January 1, 2008. Rizka has been a consultant to ISG since June 2004.
	Samsudin joined CIFOR on January 1, 2008, as a Guest House Assistant attached to the Finance & Administration Division.
	Dr. Bruno Locatelli, a Researcher and Lecturer with CIRAD, France, joined CIFOR in February 2008 as a Seconded Scientist in the Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests Programme. He will conduct research on forest ecosystem services and will be involved in the TroFCCA project.
	Isnan Franseda joined CIFOR in February 2008 as a Programmer for the TroFCCA project. Isnan has a diploma in Computer Science from the Bogor Agricultural Institute.
	Kumar Tumuluru joined CIFOR in March 2008 as Director of Finance and Administration. Prior to joining CIFOR, Kumar was Head of Finance and Administration with IFPRI's Africa Programme. Kumar has an MBA from Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and a B.Tech from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

Farewell!

Michael Hailu, Dr. Doris Capistrano, Dr. Yurdi Yasmi, Haris Iskandar, Agung Saeful Alamsyah, Kresno Dwi Santoso, Dr. Chimere Diaw, Henny Saragih, Fiona Chandler, Piia Koponen.

We thank them all for their contributions to CIFOR and wish them every success.

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: +628121134889
j.clarke@cgiar.org

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