Year in review: What CIFOR scientists learned from forests in 2018

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What we learned from forests

Scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research have led the global conversation on forests for the past 25 years, shaping perspectives to help protect fragile landscapes, livelihoods and the climate. This year, research highlights included explorations into the benefits of tree-planting on farms, the impact of unsustainable logging practices on women, illegal trade of great apes for bushmeat, bioenergy for landscape restoration, how traditional knowledge enhances forest management and much more.

Check out some of the research and news materials readers engaged with most on our website over the past year.

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Despite better crop yields, many farmers do not practice agroforestry; unsustainable logging in Solomon Islands puts women at risk of food insecurity, domestic violence and sexual abuse; revealing a chain of of hunters, traders, transportation workers and consumers of illegally hunted chimp and gorilla meat in Cameroon.

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EVENTS

Hundreds of international experts, indigenous people, business professionals and youth gathered at Global Landscapes Forum conferences in Washington; Nairobi; Bonn, Germany and Katowice, Poland to swap ideas on how to protect the planet. Thousands more joined to watch from the comforts of home online, learning and sharing ideas through social media.

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CIFOR@COP24
climate talks

A delegation of scientists shone the spotlight on taking REDD+ to the next level, the pitfalls of gender-blind climate research, the role of “blue carbon” in landscape management, and how to make peatlands perform better.

Asia Pacific
Rainforest Summit

The conference united delegates from a range of sectors for three days of intensive dialogue and knowledge-sharing on Forests, livelihoods and economic growth in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.