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This country profile contains an analysis of the causes of deforestation and forest degradation in Peru, and the economic, institutional and political context in which REDD is emerging in the country. (Occasional paper, 84 pages)

A study on links between human malnutrition and wild meat availability within the Rainforest Biotic Zone in central Africa. (Scientific report, 8 pages)

CIFOR postdoctoral fellow Ashwin Ravikumar on the the importance of engaging young people at the Global Landscapes Forum: “The amount of learning that just happened in that room, not just by young people but also by older professionals was amazing.”

Where benefits and costs accrue at different scales, financial intermediaries are needed to facilitate relations between global-scale buyers and local-scale providers of carbon sequestration and storage. These intermediaries can help to collect and distribute payments and to promote the scheme to potential beneficiaries. (Infobrief, 12 pages)

The USAID-funded, CIFOR-led Nyimba Forest Project in eastern Zambia has been a major contributor to the country’s efforts to formulate a strategy for reducing forest-related carbon emissions and their role in climate change. (Brochure, 2 pages)

CIFOR scientist Jacob Phelps explains some challenges of setting up Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes, particularly in the context of landscape-level planning. He and his co-authors argue that designing PES schemes is complicated by external stressors, such as fires, sea level rise, hurricanes and invasive species, which need to be taken into account in PES design. […]