Showing a film is usually a straightforward affair. But, in a series of screenings in different Tanzanian villages, the events…
Corporate news
2017
‘Earthscan Reader on Gender and Forests’ to officially launch at IUFRO 2017
At the 125th Anniversary Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Bimbika Sijapati Basnett (CIFOR/FTA) and Marlène…
CIFOR to advance discussions of forest landscape restoration at SER Conference
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) will present some of its research highlights at the seventh biennial World Conference…
CIFOR takes research results on forestry sector’s impact in Cameroon to National Assembly
The Cameroon branch of the Network of Parliamentarians for the Sustainable Management of the Forests Ecosystems of Central Africa (REPAR)…
Presentations shed new light on restoration, agrarian change and nutrition at ATBC 2017
Delving into such thorny topics as the need to monitor landscape restoration, what happens to diets when forest cover changes…
Policy dialogue: CIFOR co-hosts FLEGT talks in Jakarta
A national policy dialogue co-hosted by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) on 13 July brought together more than…
CIFOR-USAID study abroad program supports development of Indonesia’s next generation of forestry experts
Young Indonesian leaders in forestry management, biodiversity conservation and land-use policy have been given the opportunity to develop expertise through a master’s program managed by CIFOR and funded by USAID that places students in masters degree programs at four US universities with leading forestry and environmental studies programs.
Forest and water conservation go hand in hand – and partners see eye to eye
CIFOR’s Water Towers project is focusing on two landscapes: the Mau Forest in Kenya and the Mount Elgon Forest across the Kenya and Uganda border. CIFOR is exploring the integration of forestry and water stakeholders involved in the management of water towers.