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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.

Germany

Germany

CIFOR-ICRAF’s Bonn office is a registered not-for-profit, limited-liability company in Germany, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Germany gGmbH. It carries out landscape-related research and interacts with researchers and policy makers in Germany and Europe on the subjects of forestry and climate change including REDD+, agroforestry, bioeconomy transitions, forest-based value chains and bioenergy, among others. It is open for partnerships on these and other topics that are within its remit – the advancement of science and research in the field of sustainable forestry, that is – both intergeneratively and intrageneratively –resilient and ecologically, economically, politically and socially sustainable, to facilitate and promote multi-sector, multi-disciplined development and collaboration and the advancement of development cooperation.

It also hosts the Secretariat for the Global Landscapes Forum – the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on sustainable land use. The GLF is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihood initiatives, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by CIFOR, in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members.

COUNTRY FOCAL POINT

Anja Gassner

Managing Director, CIFOR Germany gGmbH
Director Europe

What is the landscape approach?

The Landscape Approach is about balancing competing land use demands in a way that is best for human well-being and the environment. It means creating solutions that consider food and livelihoods, finance, rights, restoration and progress towards climate and development goals.

Global Landscapes Forum

We are here to connect, share, learn and act. 

We are the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on sustainable land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. We have connected 4,900 organizations and 190,000 participants at our gatherings in Warsaw, Lima, London, Paris, Marrakech, Jakarta, Bonn, Washington D.C., Nairobi, Katowice, Kyoto, New York, Accra and Luxembourg – and reached 770 million from 185 countries.

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Contact us

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Germany gGmbH
Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse 5
53113 Bonn
Phone +49 (0) 0228 9716 0032

Managing Directors: Kumar Tumuluru, Dr. Christopher Martius | Register: Amtsgericht Bonn HRB 23672 | Umsatzsteuer-ID (Tax ID): DE81 5805 221

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