Frances Seymour of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) pointed out that “for forests to have a future, constituencies for forests need to influence policies and engage institutions outside the forestry sector and beyond the Asia Pacific region. There should be efforts to promote reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, and decentralization of the forest management authority and increased roles for community based management.”

The Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, MINFOF, and the Centre for International Forest Research, CIFOR, have resolved to make Model forest a reality in Cameroon. CIFOR began the model forest project in Cameroon in 2003, with the help of the International Model Forest Network, IMFN, which is working towards the sustainable management of forests around the world. According to Chimere Diaw, Director of CIFOR, the concept of model forest is one that regulates the conflicting interests of various stakeholders such that they all make gains within the policy of sustainable forest management.

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Industrial demand for timber in Indonesia is about 60 million cubic meters a year, compared with supply of 12 million cubic meters from plantations and natural forests, according to World Bank data. The country, the world’s largest archipelago, ranks behind only Brazil and the Congo basin in the size of its tropical jungles. In 2001, about 83 percent of the 59 million cubic meters of wood consumed in Indonesia came from illegal sources, according to the Bogor, Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research.

With her friendly face and familiarity with forest conservation issues, Frances J. Seymour, the director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), immediately inspires confidence and trust. Asked about the effect of forest destruction in Indonesia on the world environment in the form of global warming, Seymour said: "The whole world has been aware of the link between forest fires and global warming for the last few years, and Indonesia has the same status as other countries with vast forests and fairly high rates of deforestation, let alone its possession of around 26 million hectares of peatland.

Dampak perubahan cuaca seperti itu, menyakinkan ada hubungan yang kuat antara kesehatan manusia dengan hutan sebagaimana menjadi fokus peneliti pakar CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research). Walaupun demikian, hutan yang memberikan manfaat positif bagi kesehatan. Tutupan hutan dapat mempertahankan kejernihan dan kebersihan pengairan. Ini juga dijelaskan penelitia CIFOR, maupun aktivitis Riak Bumi.

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Until recently, Jatropha Curcas, a tall bush with highly toxic fruit and bark, was mainly used as a hedge plant to keep livestock away from crops. But amid soaring prices for traditional biofuel feedstock, including palm oil, the nuts from the perennial bush are now being eyed as a possible sustainable alternative throughout South and Southeast Asia. "It’s one of the biofuel crops that offer a genuine hope of producing an environmentally neutral fuel," said Krystof Obidzinski, a research fellow at the Center for International Forestry Research in Indonesia. "Environmentally it’s definitely better than palm oil because you can plant it on dry soil and barren areas and it will do well. But the problem is you need a vast area to produce a substantial amount of oil because the yield of jatropha oil per hectare is far, far, far smaller than the yield from palm oil."

An international research centre in Yaounde says the welfare of forest communities in the world’s tropical countries can be significantly enhanced by bringing together forestry and health professionals. This is why forestry and health experts on 12 October at the conference hall in Yaounde ended a two-day brainstorming workshop. Organised by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the workshop aimed at bridging the gap between forest managers and health professionals.

Peneliti senior CIFOR Daniel Murdiyarso, yang tergabung dalam tim lahan gambut, menyatakan, tim ahli bekerja menyediakan data-data ilmiah. Penghitungan dan analisis harus berdasar data-data yang dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Berdasarkan data historis dan terkini, tim menghitung dan menganalisis kemungkinan laju deforestasi dan degradasi. Akan tetapi, keputusan menekan laju deforestasi atau degradasi merupakan keputusan politik pemerintah. Timnya menghitung luas lahan gambut serta memilah dikonversi atau belum. Analisis data dan fakta akan menghasilkan potensi lahan gambut yang dapat "dijual" sesuai skema REDD. Kerja yang hampir sama diterapkan pada empat lanskap yang lain.