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.

Mieke Bourne

Mieke is an engagement with evidence specialist who works at the intersection between science, policy and practice and is a co-developer of the Stakeholder Approach to Risk-informed and Evidence-based Decision-making (SHARED). For the past two-and-a-half years, Mieke has led Regreening Africa. This ambitious programme aimed to restore a million hectares of land to benefit over 500,000 households across eight countries. Mieke has more than 15 years of experience working on natural resource management, building resilience to climate change and community-based approaches and facilitation, with 12 years spent in Kenya.