News update: Watch GLF Nairobi tomorrow, chocolate’s newly found benefits, a quiz and more

CIFOR NEWS UPDATE

August 2018

TOP NEWS
Livestream GLF Nairobi, the African landscapes event of the year How to best grow cocoa, looking into the crystal ball of oil palm, and Ethiopia’s new forestry law on Forests News. Can you pass our test on indigenous peoples? Get ready for GLF Bonn

THE POTENTIAL CARBON-STOCK POWERS OF CHOCOLATE

Cocoa mixed with industrial timber in agroforests can store two- to three-times as much carbon as single-crop cocoa plantations. CIFOR Photo/Ollivier Girard

The world’s largest chocolate companies – Mars, Nestle, Ferraro – have signed global agreements and made major commitments to bring the industry to net-zero deforestation, help fight climate change and provide more economic benefits to locals. But a dearth in research to support such lofty ambitions makes one wonder if this will ever be achieved.

CIFOR scientists in Africa’s ‘cocoa belt’ are trying to help, most recently by finding out how cocoa trees can be mixed with other agriculture – and what kinds – to store more carbon, boost rainfall, provide more food and income to locals, and aid the health of the earth to ensure it will still be profitable for future cocoa-growers. It turns out there’s much left to learn about making candy bars. Read the full story on Forests News.

LIVE TOMORROW: GLF NAIROBI

In Africa, how will 100 million hectares of degraded landscapes be restored? Why do rangelands matter? What’s the private sector doing? Tune in to GLF Nairobi tomorrow and Thursday to listen to scientists, policymakers and business experts dig into these topics and more, take polls and ask questions, and watch Afro-roots star Rocky Dawuni perform live.

FORESTS NEWS

RIGHTS & TENURE

A quiz on indigenous peoples

Because they’re crucial to saving the world’s ecosystems

SEE ALSO

Rights in the DRC: What’s getting in the way?
Implementation gaps for land tenure reform

Rights in the DRC: Whose rights matter?
Inclusion of indigenous women in land reform processes

POLICY

Ethiopia’s new forestry law: A win for landscapes and livelihoods?

Legislation advances community rights in forest management

SEE ALSO

Forests in policy: A tale of three clusters
How to integrate forests across policies to advance the SDGs

In Central Africa, public procurement can boost demand for legal wood
A bid for mandating legal wood in calls for tender

GENDER

Women at work

Forest-based enterprises are empowering women in Nepal

LANDSCAPES

How to save Indonesia’s last seasonal forests

Logging is threatening the forests of Indonesia’s Tanimbar archipelago

SEE ALSO

Getting landscape approaches off the ground, on the ground
Five years to put the landscape approach into action

Back to the future: Sketching out oil palm scenarios to 2035
Mapping impacts of land use change in Kalimantan

On the road back from ‘safari science’ to embedded collaboration
Mapping impacts of land use change in Kalimantan

PEATLANDS

How far has Indonesia come on peatland restoration and conservation?

The archipelago’s peatlands are vital to national and global climate goals

SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Breaking new ground for sustainability in Central Africa

A look into Kisangani’s new low-carbon building

SEE ALSO

Forest landscape restoration assessments: What do they say about tenure?
Inconsistency undermines restoration

Steady as Murdiyarso goes
CIFOR Principal Scientist Daniel Murdiyarso wins the 2018 LIPI Sarwono Award

READ MORE ON FORESTS NEWS ›

COMING SOON: GLF BONN

Watch this space for the soon-to-be-announced theme, agenda and exciting events happening for GLF Bonn 2018. More than 1,500 attendees from all sectors and parts of the world will convene in Bonn Germany, 1–2 December for the culmination of our year.