Panelists, including PROFOR's Tuukka Castren,discussed opportunities and challenges in using ICT in smallholder agriculture and forestry. The e-sourcebook draws on Forest Governance 2.0: A primer on ICTs and governance published last June.

Forest Day 5 was held in Durban, South Africa on 4 December 2011, to coincide with climate change talks. Read related content and speeches.

This one-day symposium provided a global platform for representatives from the research and development sector to openly discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in the sustainable use of dry forests, within broader agricultural landscapes.

Organized by CIFOR in association with leading business groups, NGOs, development agencies and the Government of Indonesia, with co-funding from PROFOR and other funding partners, the event provided a platform for 1000 leaders of all stakeholder groups to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by Indonesia in the sustainable use of its forests.

The three-day event in May explored the potential for private sector investment in trees and landscape restoration opportunities in Africa. Forum proceedings, presentations and background papers are now available online.

A meeting aimed at discussing guidance frameworks for providing information and assessing forest and REDD+ governance (following up on the Stockholm symposium on forest governance indicators held in September 2010).

A one-day workshop to discuss the preliminary findings of a World Bank Knowledge Product on biochar and its application in a smallholder developing country context.

An event organized by Forest Trends in Washington DC

PROFOR's annual advisory board meeting was held at the World Bank office in Brussels.

To help consolidate a multi-stakeholder vision on the role of forests can play in climate change and beyond, PROFOR leant its support to the Global Forest Leaders Forum, the culmination of a nine-month dialogue process organized by The Forests Dialogue