CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Linking scientific knowledge with policy action in Natural Resource Management

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Three main groups of actors are: local people, government and associated leaders of public opinion, and scientists. Each actor mobilizes their best available knowledge to manage forest margins, while struggling to define and defend their actions, cultural boundaries, and positions within the wider power structure

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