Public Forum in Japan

In April, CIFOR held a public forum on "Forests for the Next Generation" at the United Nations University in Tokyo, organised in conjunction with a meeting of CIFOR’s Board of Trustees. About 200 people from universities, the government, the private sector, NGOs and the media attended the day-long event, which featured scientists from CIFOR and Japanese institutions. Japan is a major donor to CIFOR, and the forum, which was co-sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), was organised to convey to key audiences in Japan the benefits of overseas development assistance to the forestry, agriculture and other development sectors.