MIGRATION AND FORESTS
Why do people move? What impact does migration have on landscapes and forests? How do communities evolve as their demographics shift? In countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America, CIFOR is taking a closer look at migration and mobility: not only who is moving and where, but why, and how that choice affects land-use decisions, livelihood strategies, social dynamics, gender roles and forest management. This portal brings together the latest in CIFOR’s ongoing research on this relatively unexplored issue.
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![]() | 2 December 2018 – GLF Bonn 2018 Bonn, Germany |
![]() | 17 – 20 October 2018 University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
![]() | 29 September 2017 Third Annual Flare Network Meeting Stockholm, Sweden |
![]() | 16 December 2017 – Social Science Baha public event Kathmandu, Nepal |
![]() | 19–23 March 2018 – Land and Poverty Conference 2018 Land Governance in an Interconnected World Washington, DC |
![]() | 20-23 August 2017 – Resilience 2017 Presentation of CIFOR Migration and Forests research at Resilience 2017 Stockholm, Sweden |
![]() | 3-9 October 2018 – CIFOR Annual Meeting 2018 People in motion and forests in transition: Findings from CIFOR’s ongoing work Bogor, Indonesia |
![]() | 17-20 October 2018 – Flare 2018 Annual Meeting (4th Annual Meeting) Patterns of educational migration and their effects on forest and land use in North Kalimantan, Indonesia Copenhagen, Denmark |
![]() | 1-2 December 2018 – GLF Bonn 2018 Bonn, Germany |
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