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CIFOR-ICRAF harnesses the power of trees, forests and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time - biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity.

The Center for International Forestry Research is a nonprofit, global facility dedicated to advancing human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity. We conduct research that enables more informed and equitable decision making about the use and management of forests in less-developed countries.

Our research and expert analysis help policy makers and practitioners shape effective policy, improve the management of tropical forests and address the needs and perspectives of people who depend on forests for their livelihoods.

Our multidisciplinary approach considers the underlying drivers of deforestation and degradation which often lie outside the forestry sector: forces such as agriculture, infrastructure development, trade and investment policies and law enforcement.

CIFOR focuses on the following research areas:
- Enhancing the role of forests in mitigating climate change.
- Enhancing the role of forests in adapting to climate change.
- Improving livelihoods through smallholder and community forestry.
- Managing trade-offs between conservation and development at the landscape scale.
- Managing impacts of globalised trade and investment on forests and forest communities.
- Sustainably managing tropical production forests.

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CIFOR-ICRAF harnesses the power of trees, forests and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time - biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity.

The Center for International Forestry Research is a nonprofit, global facility dedicated to advancing human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity. We conduct research that enables more informed and equitable decision making about the use and management of forests in less-developed countries.

Our research and expert analysis help policy makers and practitioners shape effective policy, improve the management of tropical forests and address the needs and perspectives of people who depend on forests for their livelihoods.

Our multidisciplinary approach considers the underlying drivers of deforestation and degradation which often lie outside the forestry sector: forces such as agriculture, infrastructure development, trade and investment policies and law enforcement.

CIFOR focuses on the following research areas:
- Enhancing the role of forests in mitigating climate change.
- Enhancing the role of forests in adapting to climate change.
- Improving livelihoods through smallholder and community forestry.
- Managing trade-offs between conservation and development at the landscape scale.
- Managing impacts of globalised trade and investment on forests and forest communities.
- Sustainably managing tropical production forests.

    Growing greener commodities – one district at a time

    Growing greener commodities – one district at a time

    Research by the Center of International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) shows promising results from taking a jurisdictional approach to increasing the sustainability of palm oil plantations in four districts/regencies in Indonesia: Pulang Pisau (Central Kalimantan Province), Kutai Kartanegara (East Kalimantan Province), Pelalawan (Riau Province), and Sintang (West Kalimantan Province).

    To learn more about taking a jurisdictional approach to increase the sustainability of agricultural commodities, listen to the full conversation between CIFOR-ICRAF’s senior scientist Herry Purnomo, and senior lecturer at the University of Palangkaraya Hendrik Segah.

    • 21 min
    Pendekatan Yurisdiksi untuk Sawit Berkelanjutan di Indonesia

    Pendekatan Yurisdiksi untuk Sawit Berkelanjutan di Indonesia

    CIFOR-ICRAF bersama mitra melaui risetnya berupaya meningkatkan kesiapan kabupaten produsen sawit terpilih dalam mengimplementasikan program-program yurisdiksi (jurisdictional programs). Riset ini didasarkan pada pendekatan partisipatif, multistakeholder, dan inklusif gender.

    Misi utama riset ini yaitu membangun landasan pengetahuan yang kuat tentang situasi awal, serta mengidentifikasi kebutuhan dan prioritas pembangunan. Selain itu, riset ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi tindakan nasional yang dapat memberikan insentif dan mendukung implementasi pendekatan yurisdiksi, khususnya sawit berkelanjutan.

    Di podcast Bincang Hutan bersama Okto Yugo, Wakil Koordinator Jikalahari, dan Ade M. Iswadi, Sekretaris Jenderal Forum Komunikasi Masyarakat Sipil (FKMS) Kabupaten Sintang, mari telusuri bagaimana implementasi pendekatan yurisdiksi dilakukan dalam mencapai sawit berkelanjutan di Indonesia serta langkah-langkah konkret yang dapat diambil, termasuk tantangan dan peluang yang dihadapi.

    Pernyataan pada podcast ini merupakan pendapat pribadi dan tidak mewakili pandangan dari organisasi atau penyandang dana.

    • 34 min
    Menggali Peluang dan Tantangan: Kerangka Pengaman Sosial REDD+ di Indonesia

    Menggali Peluang dan Tantangan: Kerangka Pengaman Sosial REDD+ di Indonesia

    Standar kerangka pengaman sosial dalam konteks Pengurangan Emisi dari Deforestasi dan Degradasi Hutan (REDD+) telah menyita banyak perhatian, terutama saat banyak negara mulai bergerak menuju fase pembayaran berbasis hasil (RBP). Persyaratan kerangka pengaman juga menekankan pada perlindungan hak masyarakat adat dan masyarakat lokal selama proses REDD+.

    Mengingat kemajuan ini, terdapat kebutuhan untuk fokus pada kerangka pengaman sosial yang sudah dirancang dan dilaksanakan di lapangan. Bagian penting dari proses ini adalah memahami peran kerangka pengaman sosial untuk memperkuat hak-hak masyarakat adat dan masyarakat lokal, dan mendorong perubahan dari inisiatif yang tidak merugikan menjadi inisiatif yang lebih baik.

    Di episode terbaru podcast Bincang Hutan, bersama Peneliti CIFOR-ICRAF, Nining Liswanti, dan Peneliti Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN), Niken Sakuntaladewi, mari bersama ketahui peluang dan tantangan implementasi kerangka pengaman sosial REDD+ di Indonesia.

    • 48 min
    To spray or not to spray: The overuse of pesticides and the alternatives

    To spray or not to spray: The overuse of pesticides and the alternatives

    Though it’s native to the Americas, the fall armyworm – a voracious caterpillar that attacks maize and other cereals, damaging the leaves – has begun wreaking havoc in Africa and Asia. In response, many farmers turn to chemical pesticides, but these can be toxic to humans and the environment. And since many farmers lack experience handling these pesticides and lack access to protective clothing, the effect is even more serious.

    How much damage can fall armyworms cause? Is it true that using chemicals is effective to control this pest? Are there natural enemies that can effectively attack this pest?

    Find out in a discussion exploring the danger of overusing chemical pesticides and its alternative – using natural predators and enemies of the fall armyworm – to answer the question: to spray, or not to spray? Join Paul Jepson, an independent consultant in integrated pest management, Buyung Hadi, coordinator of Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United and Rhett Harrison, a tropical forest ecologist and conservation biologist at CIFOR-ICRAF.

    • 32 min
    Langkah Peneliti Muda Lestarikan Mangrove

    Langkah Peneliti Muda Lestarikan Mangrove

    Ekosistem mangrove memiliki peran yang sangat penting dalam menjaga keseimbangan alam dan keberlanjutan lingkungan. Ekosistem yang dipenuhi oleh spesies pohon khas menyediakan habitat unik bagi beragam spesies flora dan fauna. Akarnya yang kuat berfungsi sebagai benteng alami yang melindungi kawasan pesisir dari abrasi dan gelombang.

    Mangrove juga berperan sebagai kawasan penyangga dan penyimpan ‘karbon biru’ yang membantu upaya mitigasi perubahan iklim. Diperlukan upaya yang kuat dalam melindungi tipe ekosistem ini agar manfaatnya dapat kita rasakan sekarang dan di masa yang akan datang.

    Dalam rangka memperingati Hari Mangrove Dunia 2023, Peneliti CIFOR-ICRAF, Phidju Sagala dan Milkah Royna di Bincang Hutan akan berbagi wawasan dan pengetahuan seputar ekosistem mangrove serta upaya nyata para peneliti dalam meriset dan melestarikan ekosistem pesisir ini.

    • 24 min
    Restorasi hutan di bentang alam: Bukan sekedar menanam pohon

    Restorasi hutan di bentang alam: Bukan sekedar menanam pohon

    Restorasi hutan merupakan proses pemulihan ekosistem hutan yang telah rusak, terdegradasi, atau hilang. Upaya ini melibatkan penanaman pohon, memulihkan kualitas tanah, dan memperkenalkan kembali tumbuhan dan hewan asli ke suatu daerah. Diperlukan perencanaan yang cermat, pemantauan, dan manajemen yang adaptif untuk memastikan keberhasilan upaya restorasi.

    Ani Adiwinata Nawir, peneliti senior CIFOR-ICRAF akan menjelaskan restorasi hutan dalam lingkup bentang alam, pentingnya restorasi untuk pemulihan fungsi-fungsi ekosistem yang sudah rusak tapi juga mempertimbangkan sosial ekonomi, kohesi sosial dan budaya yang ada, tapi tidak mengesampingkan juga tujuan ekonomi pihak-pihak terkait. Termasuk memaksimalkan manfaat ekologis dan sosial dari ekosistem hutan yang dipulihkan.

    • 27 min

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