In 2000, one of the key Millennium Goals announced by the UN was to halve the number of people living on less than $1 a day by the year 2015.

In 2002 the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg declared, "Poverty is the greatest global challenge".

Quite clearly, global attention is squarely focused on the issue of poverty and the livelihoods of the poor.

The goal of CIFOR’s Forests and Livelihoods Programme is to enhance livelihoods by contributing to improved policies and practices related to the management and use of forests and forested landscapes.

The Forests and Livelihoods Programme focuses largely on two themes, "Improving Human Well-being through Forests" and "Managing landscape Mosaic for Sustainable Livelihoods".

Download the document of Forests and Livelihoods (LIV) Programme Strategy (format PDF, 74KB)