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Message from the Chair of the Board

Message from the Director General

Enhancing the role of forests in mitigating and adapting to climate change

Building momentum on the road to Copenhagen

REDD: an idea whose time has come

Forests for adaptation and adaptation for forests

Industry challenges conservationists to raise the bar

Improving livelihoods through smallholder and community forestry

Harvesting forests to reduce poverty

Making the most of Burkina Faso’s gum harvest

Sweetening the deal for Zambia’s honey industry

Shifting the balance of power

Managing trade-offs between conservation and development at the landscape scale

Co-management for co-benefits

Charting a course for collaboration

Tracking change to find a balance

Managing the impacts of globalised trade and investment of forests and forest communities

Research delivers return on investment

Tracking the proceeds of crime

Sustainably managing tropical production forests

Sustaining Cameroon’s forests

Logging for biodiversity

Reforming the bushmeat trade

Sharing Knowledge with policy makers and practitioners

Publish or perish?

Found in translation

 

Financial Statements

FINANCIAL POSITION

31 DECEMBER 2008 AND 2007 (in thousands of US dollars)

ASSETS

 

2008
2007
CURRENT ASSETS
   

Cash and cash equivalents

6,704

10,353

Short-term time deposits

8,250

3,704

Accounts receivable

 

 

Donors, net

2,512

10

Employees

274

170

Others

881

910

Prepaid expenses

522

253

 
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

19,143

18,506

NON-CURRENT ASSETS
   

Property, plant and equipment, net

1,897

1,798

Other assets

1,035

1,030

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS

2,932

2,828

TOTAL ASSETS

22,075

21,334

 

   
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
   
CURRENT LIABILITIES
   

Accounts payable

Donors

6,085

7,160

Others

77

34

Accrued expenses

1,577

1,359

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

7,739

8,553

 

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Employee benefits obligation

3,007

2,714

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted

   

Undesignated

8,326

7,064

Designated

3,003

3,003

TOTAL NET ASSETS

11,329

10,067

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

22,075

21,334

   

ACTIVITIES

YEARS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 AND 2007 (in thousands of US dollars)

 

2008
 
2007
UNRESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
 
TOTAL
 
TOTAL 
REVENUES
           

Grants

9,317

 

11,255

 

20,572

 

18,178

Other revenues

596

-

 

596

 

606

Total revenues

9,913

 

11,255

 

21,168

 

18,784

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES
             

Programme-related expenses

6,325

 

11,255

 

17,580

 

14,893

Management and general expenses

3,382

 

-

 

3,382

 

2,875

9,707

 

11,255

 

20,962

 

17,768

Indirect expense recovery

(1,056)

 

-

 

(1,056)

 

(890)

Total expenses

8,651

 

11,255

 

19,906

 

16,878

 

 

 

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

1,262

 

-

 

1,262

 

1,906

 
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

YEARS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 AND 2007 (in thousands of US dollars)

 

UNDESIGNATED
 
DESIGNATED
 
TOTAL
 
Invested in property,plant and equipment
 
Reserve for replacement of property, plant and equipment
 

Balance as at 31 December 2006

5,158

 

5,556

 

1,447

 

8,161

Depreciation for the year ended 31 December 2007

-  

(314)

 

314

 

-

Additions of property, plant and equipment during the year ended 31 December 2007

-  

581

 

(581)

 

-

Net book value of disposals of property, plant and equipment during the year ended 31 December 2007

-  

(25)

 

25

 

-

Changes in net assets for the year ended 31 December 2007

1,906

 

-

 

-

 

1,906

Balance as at 31 December 2007

7,064

 

1,798

 

1,205

 

10,067

Depreciation for the year ended 31 December 2008

-  

(343)

 

343

 

-

Additions of property, plant and equipment during the year ended 31 December 2008

-  

444

 

(444)

 

-

Net book value of disposals of property, plant and equipment during the year ended 31 December 2008

-  

(2)

 

2

 

-

Changes in net assets for the year ended 31 December 2008

1,262

 

-

  -  

1,262

Balance as at 31 December 2008

8,326

 

1,897

 

1,106

 

11,329

CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 AND 2007 (in thousands of US dollars)

 
2008
 
2007
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
     

Changes in net assets

1,262

 

1,906

Adjustments to reconcile changes in net assets to net cash provided by operating activities:

     

Depreciation

343

 

314

Gain on the disposal of property, plant and equipment

(56)

 

(111)

Allowance for doubtful accounts Changes in:

67

 

11

Accounts receivable

     

      Donors

537

 

(445)

      Employees

(104)

 

10

      Others

29

 

(62)

Prepaid expenses

(269)

 

92

Other assets

(5)

 

13

Accounts payable

     

      Donors

(1,075)

 

3,423

      Others

43

 

(18)

Accrued expenses

218

 

462

Employee benefits obligation

293

 

(264)

 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES

1,283

 

5,331

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
     

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

(444)

 

(581)

Proceeds from the disposal of property, plant and equipment

58

 

136

Placement of short-term time deposits

(4,546)

 

(579)

NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

(4,932)

 

(1,024)

NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

(3,649)

 

(4,307)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

10,353

 

6,046

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF THE YEAR

6,704

 

10,353