Forests

Originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests News. The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted last month by the UN General Assembly, include goals on ending hunger, promoting good nutrition and health, and making agriculture sustainable. The important contribution of forests in achieving these goals is becoming increasingly evident—and increasingly discussed, as food, land-use and nutrition experts work together […]

Originally published on CIFOR’s Forests News. By John Cannon. Industrial timber plantations could provide a way for Ethiopia to reduce rural unemployment and conserve natural forests. Work on a timber plantation in Ethiopia is tough, with low wages, poor conditions and little security – but at least it’s a living. And in a country with […]

Originally posted on CIFOR’s Forests News blog By Laura Dattaro New York – A year ago, the New York Declaration on Forests set a daring goal: a world without deforestation. But it didn’t lay out a plan for how to get there. The agreement – to cut deforestation in half by 2020, and eliminate it […]

By Dr. Hans Friederich, Director General, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Often overlooked by development planners, bamboo offers Africa a strategic resource to generate rural income. It also restores degraded landscapes and combats the effects of climate change – helping countries to meet their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and shift to a greener […]

Originally published on CIFOR’s Forests News. By Herry Purnomo Fifty years ago, Indonesia was rich with pristine forest. And then – boom! Between 1980 and 2000 – a timber logging boom. Illegal logging followed – so, another boom in the 10 years from 2000, and then the palm oil boom came after that. Pristine forest was […]

Originally posted on CIAT’s News Blog. Open letter to the heads of state attending the 70th UN General Assembly, September 2015, New York Co-advancement of Agricultural and Natural Resource Management within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The 17 global goals which you have supported the creation of are an unrivalled span of human aspiration […]