16 February 2017, Pontianak, West Kalimantan The ASFCC phase II research project is near ending and as part of the research activities, a feedback and knowledge sharing workshop was carried…
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Knowledge sharing workshop on REDD+ Benefit Sharing and Safeguards
2-3 February 2017, Vang Vieng, Lao PDR This workshop was a collaboration effort among CIFOR-ASFCC, the FCPF REDD+ Readiness Project, CliPAD-GIZ and the Laos REDD+ Office. The workshop was held…
Experts Dialogue on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in ASEAN
Bali, Indonesia, 30 November 2016. “The Paris Agreement is a global deal aimed at limiting the negative impact of climate change. The implications for Southeast Asia’s forests were explained to…
IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016
Forests for Sustainable Development: The Role of Research 24-27 October, Beijing, China CIFOR-ASFCC was organizing a panel discussion session at 2016 IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania on Policies,…
UNFCCC COP22
Marrakech, Morocco, 7-18 November 2016 CIFOR-ASFCC was presenting a talk on “Social forestry and the Paris Agreement: Lessons for benefit sharing” at Indonesian Pavilion session and, together with other partners,…
Methods Training 2: Social Network Analysis and Household Survey Techniques
Vientiane and Na Por village, 15-19 February 2016 Participants: Research teams and partners from Tanjungpura University (UNTAN)-Indonesia, National University of Lao (NUOL), and Vietnamese Academy of Forest Science (VAFS) This…
Seeing swidden
‘Swidden’, also known as ‘shifting cultivation’ has long been criticised as an unsustainable agricultural practice in Southeast Asia. Research is revealing its complexities and benefits. Swiddening, that is, the practice…
Equity and REDD+: are we there yet?
Reducing greenhouse-gas emissions—and hence limiting global warming—by slowing or stopping deforestation and degradation of forests, plus conserving them, seemed like a ‘quick fix’ when it was first mooted more than…
Key lessons for REDD+ schemes in swidden landscapes
Swidden practices, also known as shifting cultivation, have received bad press for many decades but more recent research has contributed to changing beliefs about the impact of rotational clearing of…
Methods Training 1: “Focus Group Discussion on Drivers of Land Use Change and Migration”
Bogor and Malasari village, 19-23 October 2015 Participants: Research teams and partners from Tanjungpura University (UNTAN)-Indonesia, National University of Lao (NUOL), and Vietnamese Academy of Forest Science (VAFS) The specific…
