CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News

The lowland rainforests of Borneo are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Surveys have found over 700 tree species in a single ten-hectare plot — a figure comparable to the tree diversity of entire continents. These forests are home to unique animals like the Bornean o...

More than a decade ago, my colleagues and I reviewed the status of botanical pesticides derived from trees and other plant species in sub-Saharan Africa. We found that regulatory barriers and limited investment were holding back a promising sector.

Farmers across the...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species Transformative Partnership Platform (SU-TPP) website.

“In the forests of the Congo Basin, a man is checking a wir...

Wood remains one of Africa’s most vital natural resources, supporting livelihoods, economic development and industrial growth across the continent. According to the  Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Forest Resource...

Southern Cameroon’s Mintom landscape is a stronghold for biodiversity in Central Africa. This vast tropical forest supports a remarkable variety of life, from forest elephants and great apes to pangolins, blue duikers, frogs and countless other species. Yet this ecological richness faces growing pressure from human activities. Unregulated hunting, habitat fragmentation, agric...