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Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
“CIFOR is an international research and global
knowledge institution committed to conserving
forests and improving the livelihoods of people in
the tropics.”
“CIFOR's high impact research helps local
communities and small farmers gain their rightful
share of forest resources, while increasing the
production and value of forest products.”
CIFOR’s headquarters is in Bogor, Indonesia and has
regional offices in Brazil, Cameroon and Zimbabwe.
It is one of the 15 international agricultural
research centres supported by the Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
Mission
“CIFOR's mission is
to contribute to the sustained well-being of people
in developing countries, particularly in the
tropics, through collaborative strategic and applied
research and related activities in forest systems
and forestry, and by promoting the transfer of
appropriate new technologies and the adoption of new
methods of social organisation, for national
development.”
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CIFOR’s website.
Genetic Resource Activities
Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes
One of the major themes in CIFOR’s Environmental
Services and Sustainable Use of Forests Program.
“this research aims to contribute to the
conservation and sustainable use of forest
biological diversity through generation and
diffusion of improved knowledge about biodiversity
in forested rural landscape mosaics. The
geographical Focus of this activity are: Bolivia,
Brazil, Cameroon, China, Gabon, Indonesia, Peru,
Philippines, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.”
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more information.
Managing Landscape Mosaics for Sustainable
Livelihoods
One of the major themes in CIFOR’s Forest and
Livelihoods Program, this research seeks “to improve
governmental and non-governmental conservation and
development policies and projects by helping policy
makers and project managers understand how their
actions affect livelihoods and land use and how to
take advantage of synergies between livelihoods and
conservation and reduce trade-offs.”
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more information,
Inter-Centre Working Group on Genetic Resources
Each of the CGIAR Centres has a representative on
the Inter-Centre Working Group on Genetic Resources,
SGRP’s steering committee. The Committee sets the
strategy and priorities for SGRP and meets annually
to review its workplan.
To find out who is CIFOR’s representative, please go
to our
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