Resilient Landscapes is an innovative new venture created by CIFOR-ICRAF to radically transform land use and agricultural supply chains by serving as the nexus between science and businesses, finance, governments and civil society across forest and agroforestry landscapes.
It leverages the power of the private sector and spurs private finance investment in nature-based solutions. In partnership with the public sector, Resilient Landscapes aims to scale up proven, science-based solutions to address our planet’s most urgent and important global crises such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss, broken food systems, hunger and poverty.
Resilient Landscapes will leverage CIFOR-ICRAF’s knowledge legacy of research-in-development experience in integrated forestry and agroforestry systems that spans nearly 70 years. Through strategic long-term partnerships promoting co-design, co-benefits and robust performance metrics, it seeks to ensure inclusive and resilient landscapes that generate financial, social, and natural capital dividends for investors and businesses. It also seeks to bring socio-political and economic dividends for governments and multilateral institutions, and most importantly, improved livelihoods for smallholder farmers, forest stewards and their communities while ensuring a more prosperous planet for all.
Our Presence
Resilient Landscapes is an exciting new initiative launched by CIFOR-ICRAF, a global research organization of 700+ staff that spans more than 4 continents, with headquarters in Kenya and Indonesia and international offices in 25 other countries, including China, Brazil, Peru, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Our story
To be continued …
September 2020
Resilient Landscapes is operational
November 2019
The idea for Resilient Landscapes is born
January 2019
CIFOR and ICRAF merged in order to provide the evidence and innovative solutions needed to scale up investment in sustainable development and address the global challenges of our time
2013
Launch of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the world’s largest knowledge-led platform connecting people with a shared vision to create productive, profitable, equitable & resilient landscapes in Warsaw, Poland
2010
Launch of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) – the world’s largest integrated collaborative research program on forests and trees. CIFOR leads FTA in partnership with Bioversity International, CATIE, CIRAD, ICRAF, INBAR and TBI
2001
CIFOR contributed to the work plan of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and aspects of the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol
1993
CIFOR is launched under Indonesia Host Country Agreement
1978
The International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) was created in Nairobi, Kenya
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Leveraging CIFOR-ICRAF’s combined 69 years’ of multidisciplinary research in integrated forestry and agroforestry systems, extensive networks and reputation as an honest broker among different stakeholders in Africa, Latin America and Asia, Resilient Landscapes is uniquely positioned to deliver the most rigorous nature-based solutions to address climate and biodiversity challenges.
USD $1.8bn
total invested in research
700
staff in 33 countries
+1,000
projects completed in 79 countries
25,000
publications and knowledge products created
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Management Group
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