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.

PEN: Poverty Environment Network

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CIFOR's Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) was launched in September 2004. The core of PEN is the tropics-wide collection of uniform socio-economic and environmental data at household and village levels by 33 partners, generating a global database from 24 countries. The data collection includes a careful recording of all forest and environmental uses, quantifying the overall importance of environmental income to rural livelihoods in developing countries.

This infographic breaks down PEN's research questions and results, including details of the forest as safety net, who collects forest products and how important forest income is for rural households.


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    Publication year

    2017

    Authors

    CIFOR

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    poverty, environment, livelihoods, household income

    Funders

    Department for International Development (DFID)

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