CIFOR’s director general, Frances Seymour, said: "After being left out of the Kyoto agreement, it’s promising that deforestation is commanding centre-stage at the Bali climate talks."But the danger is that policy-makers will fail to appreciate that forest destruction is caused by an incredibly wide variety of political, economic, and other factors that originate outside the forestry sector, and require different solutions." She said stopping deforestation in Indonesia caused by overcapacity in the wood processing industry was a completely different challenge from dealing with deforestation stemming from a road project in the Amazon or forest degradation caused by charcoal production in sub-Saharan Africa.

Program Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) dianggap tak efektif bila pemerintah tak mampu memberikan jaminan dana tersebut sampai pada kalangan kelas bawah. Demikian satu kesimpulan yang didapatkan pada peluncuran Buku Laporan Pusat Penelitian Kehutanan Internasional (CIFOR), berjudul “Apakah Hutan Tumbuh untuk Uang?”, Jumat (7/12).

A two-day workshop on “livelihoods improvement from forestry in Meghalaya” is aimed at bringing together a wide range of stakeholders in the movement for sustainable development, namely policy makers, forest managers, legal experts, development practitioners, representatives from forest based industries and associations, traditional institutions and researchers to support discussions and exchange ideas on the critical factors regarding forests and livelihoods improvement.

Studi baru oleh "Center for International Forestry Research" (CIFOR) mengingatkan bahwa dukungan baru terhadap REDD (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation) terancam oleh kegagalan dalam pergulatan soal akar penyebab deforestasi. "Adalah berbahaya jika para pembuat keputusan gagal melihat bahwa pengrusakan hutan disebabkan oleh masalah politis, ekonomi dan sejenisnya yang berasal dari luar sektor kehutanan," kata Dirjen CIFOR Frances Seymour, pada Konferensi Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa/PBB tentang Perubahan Iklim (UNFCCC) di Nusa Dua, Bali, Jumat.

Friday, the Center for International Forestry Research recommended creating a multibillion-dollar carbon trading program that would include payments to forest owners who leave forests intact, so they can continue absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. But, the organization warned, governments might use those payments to exploit forest dwellers if the "Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation" (a.k.a. "Reducing Emission from Deforestation in Developing Countries," or REDD) program is not constructed carefully.

A new study by one of the world’s leading forestry research institutes warns that the new push to “reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation,” known by the acronym REDD, is imperiled by a routine failure to grasp the root causes of deforestation. The study sought to link what is known about the underlying causes of the loss of 13 million hectares of forest each year to the promise—and potential pitfalls—of REDD schemes. Based on more than a decade of in-depth research on the forces driving deforestation worldwide, the report by researchers at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) found that there is ample opportunity to reduce carbon emissions if financial incentives will be sufficient enough to flip political and economic realities that cause deforestation.

Incentives to tackle deforestation and forest degradation can play a key role in combating climate change and requires a strong policy framework that is fair to poor communities, says a new report.

The report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), was launched today (7 December) at the UN climate meeting in Bali, Indonesia. It states that "an appropriate policy framework to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) would help prioritise areas with high deforestation risk and high carbon content, while ensuring the sustained well-being of forest-dependent communities".

Daniel adalah anggota Panel Antarpemerintah untuk Perubahan Iklim (IPCC) bentukan PBB sejak 1998. Sekitar 3.000 ilmuwan dunia menjadi anggota lembaga ini. Mereka menelisik pengaruh pemanasan global terhadap planet Bumi. Oktober lalu, IPCC, bersama bekas Wakil Presiden Al Gore, meraih penghargaan Nobel Perdamaian 2007. Selain meneliti, Daniel adalah Guru Besar Ilmu Atmosfer di Jurusan Geofisika dan Meteorologi, Institut Pertanian Bogor.