Videos

Returning Results to Communities

Published on 4 Nov 2013

CIFOR scientists don't just present their findings to other scientists at conferences or in academic journals - many also return to the communities where they did their research, and share the results with the people there. Researchers Elena Mejía and Ayme Muzo explain why.

Gendered Forest

Published on 4 Nov 2013

In Ecuador's Amazon provinces of Orellana and Napo, new CIFOR research has turned an old gender stereotype on its head. The preliminary study found indigenous Kichwa women don't just work in the home and the orchard - they go with their husbands into the forest and help to harvest timber.

Timber and Livelihoods in Ecuador

Published on 4 Nov 2013

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has been conducting research and examining the country's thriving domestic timber market, trying to understand how smallholders and chainsaw millers relate it, and the barriers they face in complying with the formal system.

The Congo Basin: State of the Forest

Published on 14 Nov 2012

The Congo Basin forests are a lifeline for more than 60 million people -- providing food and income for many remote communities, storing huge amounts of carbon, supporting unique ecosystems and regulating the flow of the major rivers across Central Africa. Yet the Congo's forests are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for minerals, energy and wood resources from Africa. Research into the issues facing the Congo Basin is more critical than ever.

Paolo Cerutti - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Paolo Cerutti from CIFOR on “Formalisation of chainsaw milling in Central Africa - Opportunities and constraints”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Louis Putzel - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Louis Putzel from CIFOR on "Formalisation of access to and trade in natural resources and land: Introduction to cases". This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Witness Kozanayi - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Witness Kozanayi on “Process and impacts of formalisation of baobab use systems: The case of baobab commercialization in Zimbabwe”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Ken Matthysen - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Ken Matthysen from IPIS on “Formalisation of Artisanal Mining in eastern DRC”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Sam Spiegel - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Sam Spiegel from University of Edinburgh on “Formalisation Policies, Informal Resource Sectors and the De-/Re-Centralisation of Power”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Alice B Kelly - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Alice B. Kelly from University of California, Berkeley on “Primitive Accumulations - Formalizing landed property and state territories”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Peter Cronkleton - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Peter Cronkleton from CIFOR on “Formalization and Collective Appropriation of Space on Forest Frontiers: Comparing communal and individual property systems in the Peruvian and Ecuadorean Amazon”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

David G. McGrath - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by David G. McGrath on “Development of community-based fisheries on the Amazon floodplain and Market Formalization”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.

Krystof Obidzinski - IASC 2013

Published on 15 Dec 2013

Presentation by Krystof Obidzinski from CIFOR on “Moving target: why formalisation of the small-scale timber sector in Indonesia remains illusive”. This presentation was part of IASC 2013 conference in Japan.