Nature’s anonymous donor: The hidden contribution of forests to rural livelihoods
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- CIFOR is an international organization headquartered in Indonesia that conducts research on forests in developing countries. - Forests make significant anonymous contributions to rural livelihoods by providing wood, food, energy, employment, and agricultural goods and services. However, forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. - CIFOR's research program aims to sustainably manage forests and trees to improve livelihoods while conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services through smallholder and community forestry, trade and climate change initiatives.
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Nature’s anonymous donor: The hidden contribution of forests to rural livelihoods
- 1. Nature’s anonymous donor: The hidden contribution of forests to rural livelihoods Frances Seymour IFAD March 4, 2011
- 5. a member of the CGIAR
- 6. purpose to conduct research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries
- 7. staff of about 200 globally
- 9. People recognize the value of forests for maintaining livelihoods and ecosystems
- 11. Contributions of forests to rural livelihoods
- 12. Net change in forest area 2005-2010(13 million ha lost per year) Source: FAO Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2010
- 14. 40 study sites in 25 developing countries
- 15. Income and other socio-economic and environmental data, collected on a quarterly basis over a 12-month period
- 16. Majority of research carried out by 38 partners (mainly PhD students) from Asia, Africa & Latin America
- 21. Access to medicinal plants
- 24. Gathering non-timber forest products for sale
- 27. Forests contain the preponderance of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity – including wild relatives of important crop species
- 29. CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry
- 32. Increasing income generation and market integration for smallholders
- 34. Women’s roles in NTFP value chains often invisible Danger of marginalizing women’s roles in processing through interventions focused on streamlining production and marketing
- 36. Conserving and characterizing high-quality germplasm of important tree crops and their wild relatives
- 37. Developing improved silvicultural, monitoring and management practices for multiple use
- 39. Beyond timber CIFOR research on the potential of multiple-use management focuses on barriers to integration of timber and Brazil nut production in the Western Amazon.
- 41. Understanding the consequences of forest transition for environmental services and livelihoods
- 47. Enhancing climate change adaptation
- 49. REDD+ could provide channel significant revenue flows to rural communities
- 50. Forests themselves are threatened by climate change
- 52. Ecosystem-based adaptation Joint CIFOR-CATIE research on tropical forests and climate change adaptation in Honduras influenced the design of one of the first projects ever approved by the UNFCCC’s Adaptation Fund Board.
- 55. Law enforcement CIFOR research highlighted danger of local communities losing livelihood from crackdowns targeting “the little guy with the chainsaw”
- 56. Cross cutting themes: Gender Approach: Gender disaggregated data collection and analysis Gender appropriate research methods Partnerships with key organizations to build capacity & share knowledge Example of research: CIFOR study on barriers to women’s participation in forest decision-making and benefit-sharing in Nicaragua and Uganda
- 58. Builds on the CGIAR’s comparative advantage to conduct long-term, comparative research
- 59. Generates data about the drivers and impacts of land use change, as well as approaches to threats and benefits for environmental resilience and the poor
- 61. Communications and knowledge sharing “Hurricane” model enabled by increased connectivity
- 62. Impact pathway example: climate change
Editor's Notes
- Forests are now receiving a level of attention that we haven’t seen for many years, if ever. Foremost among a number of reasons for this is the fact that forests are now centre stage in the global debate on climate change. Over the last couple of years the world has come to the realisation that curbing forest loss is a critical and cost-effective way to mitigate global warming. And yet, on the other hand, new forces continue to drive deforestation and degradation. For example, the promotion of biofuels as a solution to global warming is driving land conversion to crops such as soy bean or oil palm, while food shortages are placing even greater pressure on forests for conversion to rice, grain and other food crops. Then there’s China and its rapid economic growth literally changing the face of timber supply and demand, while the continuing globalisation of trade and decentralization of forest management are also changing the way forests are being used.
- In 2006 CIFOR’s Board and Management began a process of developing a new 10 year strategy, in order to better respond to current and future challenges, and remain a relevant source of timely analysis and knowledge on tropical forests and the people who depend on them. After two years of internal debate and external consultation we are confident that the new strategy has positioned CIFOR in such a way as to ensure our research is not only relevant, timely and accurate, but that it reaches the right people in order to have a genuine impact. The new strategy provides significant continuity with the past and retains our core purpose, which is to advance human well-being, environmental conservation, and equity. But in doing so it also addresses new challenges – such as climate change and the dramatic rise of forest-related trade and investment – that now characterize the literal and figurative landscape in which we work. Tomaximisethe likelihood of success in translating research into impact, the strategy focuses CIFOR’s research on six research “domains”.
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