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New interview with Terry Sunderland discussing the COLANDS initiative

New interview with Terry Sunderland discussing the COLANDS initiative

Terry Sunderland was recently interviewed by Markham Hislop from Energi Media on COLANDS initiative. Watch to learn more about the trends, challenges, & opportunities of multi-stakeholder collaboration in Zambia, Ghana, and Indonesia here- Deforestation in Tropics complex, difficult to stop.

Guest Lecture Series 2021: Linda Yuliani speaks on local people’s perspectives and implications to land use decisions and forest cover

Guest Lecture Series 2021: Linda Yuliani speaks on local people’s perspectives and implications to land use decisions and forest cover

We had the pleasure to host another guest speaker, Linda Yuliani  from CIFOR Indonesia. Linda has conducted extensive research related to the mechanics of oil palm expansion in Kalimantan in relation to local community management issues. On Monday, she presented her work on ‘Forest or oil palm? Local people’s perspectives and implications to land use […]

Webinar: Innovative applications of rattans and the economic potential of the rattan sector

Prof. Terry Sunderland, Lorenzo Pradella and Dr. Krisdianto Sugiyanto examined the innovative applications of rattan and its economic potential at a webinar hosted by INBAR. Rattans are spiny, climbing palms (Arecaceae) whose long, flexible stems provide the canes of commerce which have unique properties such as strength, lightness, durability, appearance and flexibility. As an important […]

Join Prof Terry Sunderland on 23rd Feb at the webinar on ‘Innovative applications of rattans and the economic potential of the rattan sector’

Join Prof Terry Sunderland on 23rd Feb at the webinar on ‘Innovative applications of rattans and the economic potential of the rattan sector’

Prof. Terry Sunderland, Lorenzo Pradella and Dr. Krisdianto Sugiyanto will be speaking at a webinar on 23rd Feb 2020 and examine the innovative applications of rattan and its economic potential. Rattans are spiny, climbing palms (Arecaceae) whose long, flexible stems provide the canes of commerce which have unique properties such as strength, lightness, durability, appearance […]

Sunderland Lab member Alida O’Connor featured on a new podcast episode on COLANDS initiative

Sunderland Lab member Alida O’Connor featured on a new podcast episode on COLANDS initiative

CIFOR has just launched a new podcast in #LetsTalkTrees series featuring our lab member Alida O’Connor and colleagues. Through integrated landscapes approaches, we are attempting to bridge differences between actors with various interests and goals in Zambia’s Kalomo district. This episode features three PhD students working with CIFOR’s COLANDS initiative. Please click here to listen […]

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture: new article co-authored by Terry Sunderland

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture: new article co-authored by Terry Sunderland

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty that aims to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of a country’s natural resources, or biological diversity. This is a general strategy that all countries must then adopt at the local level. The Convention – a legally-binding international treaty – is currently negotiating new targets for the […]

Guest Lecture Series 2021: Emily Gibson speaks on food and nutrition security in fishing communities, Indonesia

Guest Lecture Series 2021: Emily Gibson speaks on food and nutrition security in fishing communities, Indonesia

Emily Gibson  joined us on Monday, 1st Feb to present her work on “A gendered analysis of small-scale fisheries and food and nutrition security in specialised fishing communities, Komodo District, eastern Indonesia”. Emily has just completed her PhD from Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University. Her research explores the intersection of gender […]

Learning from doing: Implementing landscape-scale interventions in the tropics- New article by Alida O’Connor and Terry Sunderland

Learning from doing: Implementing landscape-scale interventions in the tropics- New article by Alida O’Connor and Terry Sunderland

Sunderland lab member Alida O’Connor and Terry Sunderland authored a new article on ‘Branchline’ on ‘Learning from doing: Implementing landscape-scale interventions in the tropics’. It highlights the COLANDS initiative that aims to operationalize landscape approaches in three tropical landscapes in Zambia, Ghana and Indonesia. To read the full article, please see here.  

Sunderland lab Guest Lecture Series 2021: Ronju Ahammad speaks about forest and livelihood relationships of rural communities in Bangladesh

We are excited to announce ‘Sunderland Lab Guest Lecture Series 2021’ that is primarily to meet diverse researchers and practitioners across the world, and to learn about their ongoing research and issues related to food, livelihood and biodiversity conservation. This is currently open to Sunderland lab members but the presentation and recording of the talks […]

New Mongabay article featuring Joli Rumi Borah’s research on shifting cultivation in Northeast India

New Mongabay article featuring Joli Rumi Borah’s research on shifting cultivation in Northeast India

Secondary forests are gaining importance in the tropics as pristine forests are cleared. And it is vital to understand the impacts of changing patterns of shifting cultivation on carbon storage. The dynamic nature of shifting cultivation, an agricultural system practiced for centuries, results in a landscape mosaic of jhum fields, secondary forests, and old-growth forests. […]