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Food, Fuel and Forest: A Seminar on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade
IPC Chairman Piet Bukman, HS Dylan, Her Excellency Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister of Trade of Indonesia, and Ms. Frances Seymour, CIFOR’s Director General attend a media conference in conjunction with the IPC seminar
Bogor, Indonesia, May 12, 2008 – The International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) hosted a seminar on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, which addressed issues surrounding global demand for food, fuel and forests. With the international spotlight on Indonesia to take the lead in sustainable forest management, it was particularly appropriate that the seminar took place in Bogor.
Organized in collaboration with CIFOR and the Asian Latin America Agrifood Research Network (ALARN), the seminar convened key Indonesian agriculture and trade government officials, academics, private sector representatives and other international experts. more
CIFOR Strategy, 2008 - 2018: Making a Difference for Forests and People
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, CIFOR is proud to present its new strategy, "Making a Difference for Forests and People" ( PDF, size 0.7MB).
In 2006 CIFOR's Board and Management agreed to develop a new strategy to better respond to current and future challenges, and remain a relevant source of timely analysis and knowledge on tropical forests and the people who depend on them. CIFOR's External Programme and Management Review (EPMR) in 2005-6 also recommended that the Center should develop a new strategy as a priority. more
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| • | Agriculture in a Changing Climate: the New International Research Frontier. September 3, 2008 - Parliament House, Canberra. |
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Annual Development Conference on Agriculture in a Changing Climate: the New International Research Frontier. 3 September 2008 The Theatrette, Parliament House, Canberra.
Climate change is now accepted as a fact by most members of the Australian community. This acceptance provides a new climate for governments, decision-makers and researchers to assess the impacts and the necessary solutions across many important sectors around the globe, in our region and in Australia. |
| • | Forest Day 2. December 2008, Poznan, Poland. |
| | CIFOR is planning to co-host Forest Day 2 in collaboration with partner organizations in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) to coincide with UNFCCC COP14. Forest Day provides an international, multistakeholder forum on forest and climate change policies at global, national and local levels. |
| • | Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies, and Practices. Umeå, Sweden, August 25-28, 2008 |
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The conference will focus on the current state of knowledge of ongoing changes in climatic conditions in different regions of the world, and the implications of these changes for forest management and conservation. Presentations and discussions will emphasise research, policies and practices that are needed to enable us to plan for and manage healthy, productive forests to meet future societal needs for forest products and the full range of forest goods and services.
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German, L.; Ayele, S.; Admassu, Z. 2008. Managing linkages between communal rangelands and private cropland in the highlands of Eastern Africa: contributions to participatory integrated watershed management. Society and Natural Resources 21(2) : 134-151.
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CIFOR. 2008. Medium term plan 2009-2011: Center for International Forestry Research. CIFOR Medium Term Plan. 103p.Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
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Dahal, G.R.; Adhikari, K.P. 2008. Bridging, linking, and bonding social capital in collective action: the case of Kalahan forest reserve in the Philippines. CAPRi Working Paper No. 79. 23p. [online] URL: http://www.capri.cgiar.org/pdf/capriwp79.pdfInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., USA.
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CIFOR. 2008. CIFOR’s strategy 2008–2018: making a difference for forests and people. 51p.Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
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Savadogo, P.; Tiveau, D.; Sawadogo, L.; Tigabu, M. 2008. Herbaceous species responses to long-term effects of prescribed fire, grazing and selective tree cutting in the savanna-woodlands of West Africa. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 10(3) : 179–195.ISSN: 1433-8319.
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