Thinking beyond the canopy
Last updated 20 March 2012
Past events
International Forum on Payments for Environmental Services of Tropical Forests
- 07 April 2014 - 10 April 2014, San Jose, Costa Rica
The International Forum on Payments for Environmental Services of Tropical Forests aims to highlight the importance of developing and implementing PES mechanisms in tropical countries and to share best practices and lessons learned. The Forum is expected to recommend actions at local, national and... More information »
Forest Change 2014
- 02 April 2014 - 04 April 2014, Freising, Germany
Forests still cover 31% (~4 billion hectares) of our planet’s land cover. Hence, major challenges are connected with the management and preservation of forest ecosystems. Mitigation and adaptation strategies towards climate change, food and energy security for a growing population, as well as... More information »
2014 International Conference on Food Security and Nutrition
- 29 March 2014 - 30 March 2014, Shanghai, China
The aim objective of the 2014 International Conference on Food Security and Nutrition (ICFSN 2014) is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Food... More information »
World Forests Summit 2014
- 20 March 2014, Grand Hôtel Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Forests play a substantial role in global and national economies. At The Economist’s inaugural World Forests Summit in March 2013, we launched a discussion about the importance of forests in regard to climate change and the world’s survival. In 2014, The Economist's 2nd World Forests Summit will... More information »
Fifteenth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
- 19 March 2014, The Newseum Washington, D.C., USA
The Warsaw agreement gave a burst of new energy to the REDD+ community, and the debate now shifts to what activities to prioritize, how to fund them, how to make real progress on the ground, and how to monitor compliance with safeguards. The question of how to establish carbon rights in countries... More information »
2014 Global Land Project: Open Science Meeting "Land Transformations: between global challenges and local realities"
- 19 March 2014 - 21 March 2014, Berlin, Germany
The 2014 Global Land Project Open Science Meeting will synthesize and discuss the role of the land system as a platform for human-environment interactions, connecting local land use decisions to global impacts and responses. more... More information »
IUFRO Acacia 2014 Conference "Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry"
- 18 March 2014 - 21 March 2014, Saigon Morin Hotel, Hue city, Vietnam
This is a joint conference of the recently formed IUFRO Working Party WP 2.08.07 on Acacia Genetics and Silviculture, WP1.02.06 on Ecology and Silviculture of Acacia and WP 2.04.01 on Population, Ecological and Conservation Genetics and will be hosted by the Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences... More information »
CPF Global Forest Expert Panels: 1st meeting of the Expert Panel on Forests and Food Security
- 12 March 2014 - 14 March 2014, CIFOR HQ, Bogor, Indonesia
The new Expert Panel will carry out a comprehensive assessment of scientific knowledge regarding the relationship between forests and food security. In line with the established principles of GFEP, the assessment will be based on existing information and synthesize scientific outcomes of present... More information »
ESP Governance of Ecosystem Services: Challenges for Sustainable Development
- 10 March 2014 - 11 March 2014, Frankfurt aM, Germany
The workshop and the special issue contribute to the work of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) Thematic Working Group on ‘Governance and Institutional Aspects’, and will focus on the changes, challenges and opportunities the concept of Ecosystem Services has brought about in environmental... More information »
Celebrating Gender and Forest: “Presenting recent research findings”
- 07 March 2014, CRESA-Dschang University, Yaounde, Cameroon
Every year United Nations chooses a topic for the International Women’s Day. The theme for this year’s day is “inspiring Change” and CIFOR being a key stalk holder in gender and forestry research, will want to inspire positive change in this direction by showcasing research results in the domain... More information »
