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The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a non-profit, scientific facility that conducts research on the most pressing challenges of forest and landscapes management around the world. With our global, multidisciplinary approach, we aim to improve human well-being, protect the environment, and increase equity. To do so, we help policymakers, practitioners and communities make decisions based on solid science about how they use and manage their forests and landscapes.
Capacity building, collaboration and partnerships are essential to finding and implementing innovative solutions to the challenges that the globe faces. We are proud to work with local and international partners. We are a member of the CGIAR Consortium and lead the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.
Our headquarters are in Bogor, Indonesia. We have offices in 8 countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa, and we work in more than 30 countries. Contact us for more information.
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Displaying 351 - 355 of 808Policy options to reduce deforestation
Four types of policies could reduce deforestation: policies to depress agricultural rent, policies to increase and capture forest rent, policies that directly regulate land use, and cross-sector policies that underpin the first three. While payments for environmental services (PES) have clear advantages, in the early stages of REDD+ implementation, broader policies which address underlying causes are more feasible and likely to be more successful. REDD+ is a new direction in forest conservation.
Pelajaran dari desentralisasi kehutanan: mencari tata kelola yang baik dan berkeadilan di Asia-Pasifik
Desentralisasi kewenangan atas hutan di belahan dunia saat ini sedang berjalan cepat, disertai implikasi positif dan negatif bagi masyarakat dan hutan itu sendiri. Penelitian terbaru dari beberapa negara di Wilayah Asia-Pasifik dalam buku ini menyajikan pengalaman desentralisasi yang sangat kaya dan beragam, sehingga bisa menjadi pelajaran berharga bagi wilayah lain. Dimulai dengan tinjauan sejarah dan geografi, bab-bab selanjutnya dalam buku ini mengulas secara mendalam negara-negara di wilayah ini.
Perencanaan interaktif tata guna lahan pada lanskap hutan tropis di Indonesia: Menghubungkan kembali rencana dengan praktek lapangan