Rights on! Community restoration plus forests for peace and wellbeing

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Apply to attend GLF New York 2019: Restore the Earth

Restoration and tree planting should belong to the community

CIFOR performs magic at GLF Bonn and Asia-Pacific Forestry Week

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Rights on! And forests for peace and wellbeing

Don’t think you can be in two places at once? CIFOR can! At GLF Bonn, our scientists demonstrated why rights in the landscape is the best way to solve the multiple crises our planet faces, while in Incheon CIFOR talked resilience, restoration and REDD+ at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week.

Read all about CIFOR at GLF Bonn here and APFW here

FORESTS NEWS

“Forget tree planting, start tree growing!”

Well-intentioned tree planting programs don’t always marry up with the needs of farmers working in the tropics, says ICRAF scientist Lalisa Daguma. Tree growing is a long-term investment, and planting initiatives need to be owned by the local community.

So what should we do?

Restoration belongs to the community

In Central Kalimantan, a village takes its chance on the tamanu tree.

The magic of tamanu trees

Zoom in on Borneo ecology

New large-scale vegetation maps aid Indonesia’s One Map Policy.

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Annual Report 2018 is now available in
Indonesia and Spanish

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PUBLICATIONS

Biodiversity and food production intensification

Thematic study for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

Opportunities for political participation in Peru

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Law of Prior Consultation

Shea and socio-economic differentiation in Burkina Faso

Integrating gender politics and agrarian change

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EVENTS

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