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Community Organizations Center for International Forestry Research
Center for International Forestry Research
Center for International Forestry Research
Acronym
CIFOR
University or Research Institution

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cifor@cgiar.org

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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.

Members:

Catriona Croft-Cusworth

Resources

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Moratorium hutan Indonesia: Batu loncatan untuk memperbaiki tata kelola hutan?

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
Indonesia

Pada tanggal 20 Mei 2011, Pemerintah Indonesia menerbitkan Instruksi Presiden No. 10/2011 tentang penundaan penerbitan izin baru dan penyempurnaan tata kelola hutan alam primer dan lahan gambut, sebagai bagian dari kerjasama Indonesia dengan Pemerintah Kerajaan Norwegia, berdasarkan Surat Pernyataan Kehendak yang ditandatangani oleh kedua pemerintah pada tanggal 26 Mei 2010. Inpres yang menetapkan moratorium selama dua tahun terhadap izin hak pengusahaan hutan baru tersebut, menimbulkan wacana publik yang luas dan akan mempengaruhi kebijakan publik yang terkait.

Menunggang badai: untaian kehidupan, tradisi dan kreasi aktor mebel Jepara

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011

Perdagangan mebel dunia berkembang sangat pesat dan mencapai hampir 1,4 milyar dolar AS pada tahun 2010. Mebel dari kayu jati dan mahoni paling diminati di dunia karena alasan kekuatan dan estetika, dan Indonesia sebagai salah satu pemasok terbesar dunia, sangat berkepentingan dengan keberlanjutan industri mebel ini karena penyerapan tenaga kerja yang besar, teknologi yang relatif dikuasai, dan bernilai ekonomi tinggi.

Managing smallholder teak plantations: field guide for farmers

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
Indonesia

The typical practice by smallholder teak growers of letting trees grow without management input has resulted in poor quality plantations. Various questions arise when farmers start to better manage their teak plantations. This book provides practical guidance in addressing these questions by explaining in detail the techniques of parent tree selection, seed preparation, seedling production, planting, fertilising, thinning, pruning, controlling pest and disease and harvesting. To be more easily understood, the descriptions are complemented by illustrations, photographs or tables.