Overview
CIFOR's 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. CIFOR's 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 has its headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia. It has three regional offices: in Burkina Faso (West Africa), Cameroon (Central Africa) and Kenya (East and South Africa). It has project offices in Ethiopia and Zambia (Africa), Vietnam and Laos (Asia), and Brazil and Peru (Latin America). CIFOR is one of 15 Centers within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
In implementing its research, CIFOR is collaborating with other Centers within the CGIAR — the World Agroforestry Centre, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Bioversity International — to conduct the CGIAR Consortium Research Programme Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (also known as CRP6). CRP6 aims to achieve a clear objective: enhancing the management and use of forests, agroforestry and tree genetic resources across the landscape, from forests to farms.
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