[day 2] center presentation: cifor
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Presented by Mohammad AgusSalim (CIFOR) at the CGIAR-CSI Annual Meeting 2009: Mapping Our Future. March 31 - April 4, 2009, ILRI Campus, Nairobi, KenyaTRANSCRIPT
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CIFOR GIS Unit Activities
Mohammad AgusSalim
1 April 2009 - ILRI Campus, Nairobi
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• What's new at CIFOR
• GIS Unit activities
• What is going on
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What’s new at CIFOR
• CIFOR’s strategy (2008 – 2018)
• Strategic research agenda
• Organizational changes
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Strategic research agenda
1 Enhancing the role of forests in mitigating climate change
Enhancing the role of forests in adapting to climate
change2Improving livelihoods through smallholder and
community forestry3Managing trade-offs between conservation and
development at the landscape scale4Managing impacts of globalised trade and investment on
forests and forest communities5
Sustainably managing tropical production forests6
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Changes in GIS Unit
Information Services Group
IT &System
DevelopmentLibrary GIS Unit
Communication Unit
Website
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ICT Data & Information Marketing
Changes in GIS Unit
Information Services Group
IT Library
GIS Unit
Communication Unit
WebsiteSystem Development
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New Role
RS and GIS Analysis
Corporate and Research Data Management
Support Marketing on Data and Information
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Activities in 2008
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Objectives
• Understand linkage between forest existence with poverty issues
1 Forest and PovertyActivity
Indonesia
Vietnam
Brazil
Honduras
Malawi
Mozambique
Uganda
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Forest and Poverty
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Findings• Millions of poor living in so-called ‘low’ forest areas who rely on forests for a
portion of their income
• High poverty rate is often linked with high severity of poverty (high poverty
gap) and long duration of poverty (chronic poverty)
• Although the proportion of all poor people living in high forest areas may be
low, the absolute numbers will be high in some countries.
• There is relatively high dependence on forests for livelihoods in areas of high
forests and high poverty rate ->to promote forest resources as part of the
poverty alleviation strategy
1 Forest and PovertyActivity
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Objectives• Understand the relationship between mining operations, forest
management practices and livelihoods (both forest-based and urban
population) in the Copper Belt, particularly in the copper mining areas
of Zambia and DR Congo.
2 Forestry and Mining LinkageActivity
Congo, DRC
Zambia
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Mining and Forestry Linkage
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Findings• There are severe damage that mining activities have caused to the
vegetation cover and the environment.
• Water is polluted, the land for agricultural production is degraded,
natural vegetation and crops are affected, human health is at risk and
forest biodiversity is being eroded
2 Forestry and Mining LinkageActivity
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Objectives
• Capturing local perceptions on landscape and natural
resources, and local priorities in terms of development, land
use and land tenure
3 Natural Resources Participatory MappingActivity
Papua,Indonesia
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Natural Resources Participatory Mapping
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Natural Resources Participatory Mapping
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Natural Resources Participatory Mapping
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Findings
• Local perception is one of important aspect in protected area
management
• The maps are useful to communicate between local people,
local government and conservation practitioners
3 Natural Resources Participatory MappingActivity
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Ongoing Activities
• Research data management system
(infrastructure, policy, procedure)
• Data integration (corporate data & research
data) including integrating spatial data with
corporate data
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Research Data Management
Infrastructure
Policy
Procedure
RDM
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Data Integration
Corporate Database
Finance PublicationDistribution
PublicationDistribution Research
Data
HRStakeholder
Spatial Component
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