More climate change adaptation research is needed to fill knowledge gaps on the role of forests in various systems beyond the local level, for example water and hydrology cycles, …
A global policy address by the President of the Republic of Indonesia President Yudhoyono to give global policy address on future of Indonesia’s forests ahead of Rio+20 summit at the CIFOR campus in Bogor, Indonesia
Indonesia’s president today said that the sustainable management of the world’s forests is critical for equitable economic growth and he called for a “fundamental reinvention and reorganization of societies throughout the world.”
Two weeks ago Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed critical elements of a proposal to reform the Brazilian Forest Code which had recently passed the Brazilian Congress. The changes are set to have implications for farms across the country and in p…
Kodagu, INDIA (11.06.2012)_When policymakers and national planners set out to enhance local “quality of life,” they often base their decisions on a variant of the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), a basket of indicators, ranging from…
