CIFOR Director General, Frances Seymour quotes in a recent article post on Mongabay

Dr. Herry Purnomo, CIFOR forest management and policy expert and comments on strength of Indonesian scientific publication to influence government policy. He says ” most Indonesian scientists publish in national journals, which have a lower impact than international ones.” Ramadhani Achdiawan, CIFOR statistician, pointed to the problem of language. “Compared with India, Malaysia and Singapore, Indonesia has a distinct disadvantage,” he said. “Only those who have direct links with overseas scientist or research institutions have the language skills to publish internationally.”

An article release in new CIFOR Polex quote CIFOR scientist Pablo Pacheco’s recent article published in the journal Forests.

La discusión sobre el futuro de los bosques continúa después de Copenhague. En este contexto, un informe de uno de los centros de investigación forestal líderes en el mundo afirma que la reducción de las emisiones de carbono causadas por la deforestación y la degradación de los bosques (Programa REDD) será exitosa siempre y cuando se subsane la corrupción, se construya capacidad de gestión financiera y se creen mecanismos transparentes para la transferencia de fondos de los países desarrollados a los que están en vías de desarrollo

La discusión sobre el futuro de los bosques continúa después de Copenhague. En este contexto, un informe de uno de los centros de investigación forestal líderes en el mundo afirma que la reducción de las emisiones de carbono causadas por la deforestación y la degradación de los bosques (Programa REDD) será exitosa siempre y cuando se subsane la corrupción, se construya capacidad de gestión financiera y se creen mecanismos transparentes para la transferencia de fondos de los países desarrollados a los que están en vías de desarrollo.

Daniel Murdiyarso, a CIFOR scientist, comments on new satellite-imaging technique that allows scientists to have a better bird’s eye view of when carbon-rich peatlands were cleared and to what extent they have been replaced by palm oil trees. He called the work “timely” as the global mechanism for international forest conservation work is being promoted across Southeast Asia. The study “also signifies the importance of other services of tropical peatlands in sequestering carbon and [as the] home of uniquely diverse flora and fauna,” he said.

Esther Mwangi, CIFOR scientist give her comments on women role in forest.”It is worrying that despite women’s increasingly recognized contribution to forest management, they are not yet at the forefront of forestry decision-making.”The United Nations has declared 2011 the International Year of Forests, which provides an excellent platform to revisit the challenges of promoting women’s involvement in forestry, she said. “As governments rearrange their policies and create new regulations ahead of the implementation of programs for REDD+, women’s involvement in decision-making in forest management and conservation should be a top priority.”