1

Forest governance learning group – Cameroon

2006 - 2008

2

Levelling the Playing Field (LPF) Project in Palawan: the Philippines
To provide technical support and tools for shared learning and institutional capacity building to improve cooperation and management of forest-related conflict among stakeholders at different levels of governance. (This project is also a part of Environmental Programme).

2003 - 2008

3

The VERIFOR Project: Institutional Options for Verifying Legality in the Forestry Sector

2005 - 2009

4

Forests and Health

2007 - 2009

5

Multi-functional forest management in Madagascar

2007 - 2011

1

Improving Livelihoods and Equity in Community Forestry in Nepal: The Role of Adaptive Collaborative Management

2004 - 2007

2

Collaborative Study Project on Sustainable Forest Management and Peace-Building

2006 - 2007

3

2003 - 2007

4

Building Collaboration and Shared Learning for Sustainable and Equitable Forest Management

2003 - 2006

5

Model Forest Pilot Site Selection in Cameroon (Phase 2)

2005 - 2006

6

Policy Analysis research about NRM in Cameroon and Congo Basin countries

2005 - 2006

7

Can Decentralisation Work for Forest and the Poor? Policy Research to Promote Sustainable Forest Management, Equitable Economic Development and Secure Livelihood in Indonesia (2003 - 2005)
In 1999, the Government of Indonesia introduced what has been a very rapid and far-reaching process of decentralisation across broad segments of the nation’s economy, including the forestry sector.

2003 - 2005

8

Model Forest Pilot Site Selection in Cameroon (Phase 1)

2004

9

Sustainable Collaborative Forest Management: Meeting the Challenges of Decentralization in the Bulungan Model Forest (Phase 2)

2003 - 2005

10

Natural Resource Conflict and Development

1

Informal Institutions and Forest Governance

2006 - 2008

2

Promoting Good Governance of Danau Sentarum National Park under Decentralization.
A CIFOR project in Danau Sentarum National Park began in January 2005 with support from Ford Foundation until November 2006, and limited contributions from CIFOR’s partnership funding until December 2007. In 2007, the project also links with the EU Gemconbio Project. The project is implemented by two collaborating institutions, i.e., CIFOR and Yayasan Riak Bumi.

2005 - 2008

3

Improving Equity and Livelihoods in Community Forestry: A Global Action-Research Initiative in Support of a Strategic Partnership on Rights and Resources

2006 - 2008

1

Latin America Working Group for the Listening, Learning and Sharing Scoping Exercise of the Rights and Resources Initiative

2006 - 2007

2

The Formation of Grassroots Forestry Movements (Phase 2)

2006 - 2007

3

Community Participation in Forest Management

2004 - 2006

4

Liberia Forest Sector Project

2005

5

Supporting Grassroots Resource Management Organizations in Latin America
This development-oriented action-research project was designed to identify “models of community forestry facilitation” that have guided the manner in which donors, development agencies, governmental institutions and NGOs have interacted with grassroots community forestry organizations.

2003 - 2005

1

Learning To Be Responsible: Addressing Social, Economics, And Environmental Issues For Social Responsibility Of Forest-Based Business

2006 - 2008

2

Promoting Environmental Leadership and Research on Business Social Responsibility within Decentralized Natural Resources Management in Indonesia

2006 - 2008

3

Building Leadership for Forest Reforms of the Future
To support work related to improving policy debates and leadership

2002 - 2008

1

Collective Action to Secure Property Rights for the Poor: Avoiding Elite Capture of Natural Resource Benefits and Governance System
A participatory action research team worked with local communities (women’s and men’s groups) in two districts in Jambi through planning-action-reflection steps attempting to engage in equitable collective action, to secure property rights and to articulate aspirations through development forums.

2004 - 2007

2

Indigenous Communities and Local Representation in Forestry Decentralisation

2004 - 2006

3

Responsive Policy Research and Development for Sustainable and Equitable Forest Management
To strengthen the capacity of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) to conduct more policy-relevant research and contribute significantly to forest policy reforms in Indonesia.

2002 - 2006

4

Decentralisation that Benefits Communities: Involving Local Forest Management in Multi Stakeholders Policy Development at the Kabupaten Level

2002 - 2006

5

Forestry Decentralisation in Latin America: Looking to the Future

2005

6

Learning Lessons from International Forestry Networks
Formal and informal networking to promote community forestry has played an important part in the spread of community forestry during the last two decades and the development agencies have invested a substantial amount of funding to stimulate this sharing of experiences.

2001 - 2005

1

Rural Institutions to support livelihood security for small-holders involved in industrial tree-planting programs in Vietnam and Indonesia

2008 - 2010

2

Study on Combating Illegal Timber Trade and Associated Crimes in Indonesia through Financial Intelligence – The Potential Role of Commercial Banks

2008 - 2009

3

Study on Trade Shifting Pattern in Forestry Sector in Malaysia and Indonesia

2006 - 2008

4

International Cooperation for Helping Countries Facing an Illegal Logging Crisis

2007 - 2010

1

Financial Institutions and Forest Sector Industries (Phase 2)
CIFOR will build on existing research activities, policy dialogues, and partnerships to deepen the project's impacts in Indonesia and to broaden its influence within key global initiatives related to forest finance.

2005 - 2006

2

Forestry Industry, Trends and Scenarios, Consequences and Policy Responses in the Asia Pacific Region

2004 - 2006

3

Feeding China’s Expanding Demand for Wood Pulp
China has rapidly become one of the world’s largest importers of wood, driving deforestation and illegal logging, and threatening the livelihoods of millions of forest-dependent people throughout the Asia-Pacific region and the world. The overall goal of this project is to advance the transformation of this growing demand into markets that improve rural livelihoods and enhance forest conservation.

2003 - 2005

4

Fast Growing Plantation Development and Industrial Wood Demand in China's Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

2003 - 2005

5

Financial Institutions and Forest Sector Industries (Phase 1)  (2001 - 2004)
CIFOR will build on existing research activities, policy dialogues, and partnerships to deepen the project's impacts in Indonesia and to broaden its influence within key global initiatives related to forest finance.

1

Bio-fuel plantation boom in Papua, Indonesia: safeguarding indigenous communities’ tenure rights and access to natural resources through economically, environmentally and socially responsible development

2008 - 2010

2

Improving governance, policy and institutional arrangements to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)

2008 - 2012

3

Forest Resource Access and Local Livelihoods Outcomes

2006 - 2008

4

Study on links between governance, corruption and forestry in east Asia and the Pacific region

2007 - 2008

5

FLEGT and illegal logging in Cameroon and Gabon

2008 - 2009

1

Mitigating Conflict in Papua: Indonesia
This project is a participatory action seeking to facilitate constructive dialogue and social learning among key stakeholder groups with different interests in Papua’s forests.

2005 - 2007

2

Forest Partnership

2004 - 2007

3

Study of Timber Trade Along Kalimantan- Malaysia Border
This study is a rapid, yet comprehensive, appraisal of timber smuggling activities from Kalimantan to Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah), seeking to understand the dynamics, extent, location, major actors, volumes and values, and modus operandi of such activities.

2005 - 2006

4

Promoting Forest Certification and Combating Illegal Logging (Phase 2)

2005 - 2006

5

Promoting Forest Certification and Combating Illegal Logging (Phase 1)

2003 - 2005

6

Monitoring and Evaluation of TNC-WWF-GDA Alliance to Promote Certification and Combat Illegal Logging in Indonesia

2005 - 2006

7

Illegal Forest Activities in Berau and East Kutai Districts: Impacts on Economy, Environment and Society
This study documents the biological, economic, trade, and social impacts of the illegal logging activities in the Berau and East Kutai areas of East Kalimantan. A clearer understanding of and interaction among these key variables are essential to designing and implementing effective policies to reduce, and eventually eliminate, illegal logging in the area.