CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Women sanding

Until the 2008 crisis hit, furniture carving and sanding were ideal jobs for housewives and house-bound mothers in Jepara. With this work, they could take care of household chores and make money on the side.

Photo by Melati Kaye/CIFOR

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furniture, women, art, People, nature conservation, forest products, wood products, incentives, Indonesia, community forestry, socioeconomics, stakeholders, household income, income, employment opportunities, economic development, natural resources, crafts, sanding, livelihoods, jepara, value added, small businesses, Central Java, horizontal, demand, livelihood, human, human being, human beings, humans, person, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, ID.

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