THE ANNUAL REPORT 2015

A new landscape for forestry

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CIFOR envisions a more equitable world where forestry and landscapes enhance the environment and well-being for all.

CIFOR advances human well-being, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to help shape policies and practices that affect forest landscapes in developing countries. CIFOR is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. Our headquarters are in Bogor, Indonesia, with offices in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Research for impact

CIFOR leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry.

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CIFOR is also a member of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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Flagship projects
  • Smallholder Livelihoods
  • Management of Forests and Trees
  • Landscape Dynamics
  • Value Chains and Investments
  • Forests and Climate Change
Partners and processes

In 2015, CIFOR and its stakeholders benefited from:

  • 144
    Letters of Agreement
  • 85
    Memoranda of Understanding
  • 33
    Research institutes
  • 33
    Development organizations
  • 29
    Universities
  • 35
    Countries

CIFOR and its partners contribute to the following global processes, frameworks, panels and conventions:

Publications

Demand from stakeholders for CIFOR’s research grew at an unprecedented pace this year. In 2015 we disseminated more than 62,000 knowledge products at events, meetings and on request.

900k
Downloads
326k
visits through Google Books
25% increase from 2014
24
Citations per day

Numbers
4284
media articles about CIFOR
883k
views of Forests News stories
77% increase compared to 499,000 views in 2014
15.7
million people reached with #GLFCOP21 tweets
127% increase compared to #GLFCOP20 tweets
28
major events organized or supported
3
Webometric ranking of CIFOR.org among CGIAR centers, up 4 places from 2014
17%
increase in cumulative PDF downloads

Top Tweets
  • @cifor
  • Tweets
    18.2K
  • Followers
    29.3K

CIFOR's research is designed to have a far reach, aiming to inform policy and effect real change on the ground. We foster a strong "impact culture" through:

A focus on gender

From planning research priorities to developing partnerships and communicating findings, gender is integrated throughout our work.

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Capacity building

All of our research programs and projects include measures to strengthen both individual and institutional capacity.

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Monitoring impact

We use sophisticated monitoring and evaluation techniques to gather feedback and improve our pathways to impact.

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Each year, CIFOR's scientific findings reach more people through a communications strategy that combines journalistic approaches, social media and science communication.

35,200

total Facebook likes, 24% increase

37,733

Twitter followers, 41% increase

7.5 million

photo views on Flickr, 56% increase

564k

cumulative video views on YouTube, 36% increase

5227

LinkedIn followers, 39% increase

Top 5%

of Most-Viewed on SlideShare, with over 237k views, 42% increase

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