Introduction to CIFOR Putting PEN to Paper Workshop

Introduction to CIFOR “Putting PEN to Paper” Workshop Frances Seymour Director General March 24, 2009

Establishment of CIFOR • Established by intergovernmental agreement in 1993 under the CGIAR, mandate to conduct forestry research • Host-country Agreement with Indonesia signed in May 1993 • BOT approved CIFOR’s first strategy in 1996 • Second strategy approved by BOT in 2008

Our Vision Decision making that affect forests is based on solid science and principles of good governance and reflects the perspectives of developing countries and forest-dependent people

CIFOR’s purpose is … To advance human well-being, environmental conservation, and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries Interview - Vietnam Multipurpose Garden – Burkina Faso Rubber Tapping – Vietnam

Global mandate/national presence Indonesia – headquarters Staff also based in: Brazil Burkina Faso Cameroon Ethiopia Laos Vietnam Zambia Bolivia Guinea Zambia Headquarters

Global mandate/national presence § 180 staff working in some 40 countries § Partnering with 260 institutions in 52 countries China Nepal Mexico India Honduras Guatemala Nicaragua Columbia Mali Guinea Siera Leone Costa Rica Equador Guyana Bolivia Chile Brazil Argentina Burkina Faso CAR Cameroon Ghana Gabon Ethiopia Uganda DRC Zambia Zimbabwe South Africa Tanzania Mozambique Madagascar Laos Vietnam Cambodia Philippines PNG Indonesia Solomon Island

CIFOR’s research programs § Environmental services and the sustainable use of forests § Forests and livelihoods § Forest governance Bamboo - Vietnam Conflict Management North Sumatera - Indonesia Soil Survey on Peatland East Kalimantan - Indonesia

Example: CIFOR Research on Underlying Causes of Deforestation

Example: CIFOR’s Research in Indonesia Topics of research have spanned a range of topics including forest fires, illegal logging, wood industry finance, forests and poverty, forests and health, decentralization, reduced impact logging, non-timber forest products, biodiversity conservation, forests and climate change

Evidence of impact As a result of CIFOR’s research: § Pulp and paper companies have changed practices; § GOI has changed GOI plantation development policy; § Banks have withheld finance; § 135, 000 hectares of forest saved, worth $134 million. Pulp Mill – North Sumatera, Indonesia

SIX PRIORITY RESEARCH DOMAINS 1. Enhancing the role of forests in climate mitigation (emphasis on REDD) Research Themes 1. Procedures and best practices for estimating and managing carbon stocks in tropical forest landscapes 2. Identification of policies, governance conditions and payment mechanisms that lead to effective implementation of REDD schemes 3. Political economy and barriers to adoption of policies for efficient, effective and equitable REDD regimes

2. Enhancing the role of forests in adaptation to climate change Research Themes 1. Bringing climate change adaptation into forest management 2. Mainstreaming forestry into climate change adaptation

3. Improving livelihoods through smallholder and community forestry Research Themes 1. Practices that facilitate sustainable smallholder and community forestry and secure safety nets from forest biodiversity 2. Institutional arrangements to enhance outcomes from smallholder and community forestry 3. Policies and institutions to enhance coordination, productivity, sustainability and profitability

4. Managing trade-offs between conservation and development at landscape scale Research Themes 1. Methods for assessing ecosystem services 2. Platforms for negotiating conservation and development trade-offs 3. Institutional frameworks and alternative conservation approaches

5. Managing impacts of globalised trade and investment on forests and forest communities Research Themes 1. Trade and investment trends 2. National- and locallevel impacts of trade and investment trends

6. Sustainable management of tropical production forests Research Themes 1. Better forest and forest policy regimes 2. Tools and information for better managed production forests: beyond Reduced Impact Logging 3. Local people’s values, rights and benefit sharing

The significance of PEN for CIFOR • Results will provide a globally-significant source of data and analysis • Findings will inform research agendas and methods under the six domains • Project serves as a source of “lessons learned” in project design and management

Thank you for your many contributions to CIFOR