Duration: May 2016 - September 2019

This project supports the Governments of Kenya and Tanzania to integrate climate smart agriculture (CSA) planning for livestock production in smallholder systems. It does so by providing the evidence base…

Duration: January 2017 - December 2021

Deforestation and forest degradation produce 70 percent of tropical land-use emissions, and account for 10-11 percent of net global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But forests also absorb 4-6 gigatons of…

Duration: January 2017 - December 2021

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Mitigation in livestock systems and Low Emission Development (LED) pathways project integrates social and biophysical research to co-define with stakeholders landscape mitigation leverage points,…

Duration: October 2018 - October 2019

SWAMP program co-implementers the US Forest Service and CIFOR are contributing to USAID's Global Climate Change Sustainable Landscapes program goals by addressing data gaps in carbon and greenhouse gas (dynamics…

Duration: January 2019 - September 2019

While climate change, population growth and changing land use present formidable challenges to Peru's water security, Peruvian leaders recognize that Natural Infrastructure (NI) is an indispensable complement to gray infrastructure…

Duration: October 2019 - September 2020

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well-being in landscapes that have lost forest cover, forest qualities, and forest-based contributions to people. The Bonn Challenge…

Duration: October 2019 - November 2020

In 2019, the project "Fire in Tropical Ecosystems" focused on understanding which regions in the tropics are expected to be more affected by fire in the coming decades. With this…

Duration: January 2020 - December 2021

The Mau Forest is the largest closed canopy forest system and montane forest in Kenya, covering over 400,000 ha. It provides large parts of Kenya with fresh water. Significant deforestation…

Duration: January 2020 - December 2022

This project studies how governance network structure moderates the ecological and livelihoods impacts of landscape-scale conservation interventions. The literature hypothesizes that strong social networks should be more effective at forest…

Duration: March 2020 - March 2021

Peruvian peatlands store significant amounts of carbon. Mauritia flexuosa palm swamps form the prevailing peatland ecosystem in the Peruvian Amazon. This ecosystem is extensively threatened by degradation caused by the…

Duration: October 2020 - September 2022

Funding from USAID's Office of Global Climate Change has supported CIFOR's Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) work. Here, we draw on these outputs, in the context of the CIFOR-ICRAF merger…

Duration: February 2021 - January 2023

Forest fires are socio-ecological events that occur in conjunction with long-term dryness, land clearing, commercial logging, and other livelihood activities. The effects of forest fires are wide-ranging, and it is…

Duration: March 2021 - December 2021

CIFOR takes the leadership in research design, data collection and dissemination of findings. CIFOR, NLTDU and VNFU collaborate to collect data in the field. MARD, CTNP and SLFPDF are political…

Duration: March 2021 - December 2021

This research aims to identify important political/socio/economic/health issues and value chain related to wildlife trade/farming in Southern part of Vietnam and key actors engaged in wildlife trade and wildlife farming…

Duration: August 2021 - July 2024

Dr Seol's Secondment aims to support the ongoing collaborative research and potential ones between CIFOR and NIFoS, the Republic of Korea. Both organizations have conducted the joint research in several…