Working with forestry scientists across the worldMichelle Kovacevic

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Contact: m.kovacevic@cgiar.org; @kovamic

blog.cifor.org

Outline

Background Challenges Opportunities

Forests by the numbers 31% of the world’s land mass Provide $250 billion in various forms of income Essential to the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people (25% of world

pop) 80% of terrestrial biodiversity Absorb up to a third of all carbon emissions

Policy-orientated research that informs equitable decision making in tropical forested countries

Where we work

Research sites in more than 30 countries

Over 200 staff from 37 countries

Knowledge sharing models

CIFOROutput

Knowledge

sharing

Knowledge

sharing

Knowledgesharing

Impact

Impact

Impact

The challengesCapacity gaps // Audience diversity // Cultural sensitivities

Huge audience diversity

Q: If there was some media to give you information on water, food and energy supplies, what information would you be interested in?

People who live in forests

Huge audience diversity

Q: If there was some media to give you information on water, food and energy supplies, what information would you be interested to watch/read/listen to?

People who don’t live in forests

Lack of capacity

• Language

Capacity building and training for scientists, journalists and communicators

Lack of capacity

• Technology

Landscape game: A virtual reality?

Beware of cultural sensitivities…

Which headline would you go with?

DR Congo not ready to make REDD+ funding work

Can REDD+ drive change in DR Congo?

OpportunitiesGrowing importance // Impact needs comms // communities of practice

Importance of communication increasingly recognized

By scientists By donorsBy institutions

Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination

Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination

Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination

Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination Evaluation

Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

Building communities of practice

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