The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in association with leading business groups, NGOs, development agencies,  and government ministries, convened a one-day conference entitled Forests Indonesia: Alternative futures to meet demands for food, fibre, fuel and REDD+ on September 27, 2011 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event provided a platform for 1000 leaders of all stakeholder groups to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by the country in the sustainable use of its forests. The following description is from CIFOR's website: Indonesia is...

The World Bank's Sustainable Development website focuses this month on forests with a feature story that gives some prominence to PROFOR knowledge and videos, including the landscape restoration map developed by WRI, a video by John Liu created for Forest Day 4, and an interview with Dr. Dennis Garrity on the merits of Faidherbia albida.