Rapid urbanization, growing middle classes, changes in dietary patterns, and population growth have spurred a rising demand for livestock and fish products in global markets and developing countries. This creates an opportunity for demand-led developme…
Lukolela is a town of bicycle-plied streets and mud-and-wood houses, 540 km up the Congo River from the capital city, Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We’ve made the trip to see firsthand what CIFOR scientists are working on in the area…
Rural communities in Cameroon rely heavily on forests for everything from their nutritional and medicinal needs to fuel for cooking and will be unable to adapt to climate change without significant outside help, a new study has found.
If Vietnam wants its timber producers to benefit from the growing eco-conscious and more lucrative international furniture market, national forest institutions should look for ways to get plantation forests certified, said Louis Putzel, a senior scient…
Hurricane Sandy reminded us that our descendants will have to become highly resilient against extreme droughts, floods, storms and heat. But the people and agro-ecosystems of the rainfed drylands are especially vulnerable. How can their resilience be s…
