Presentation held during the 10th session of the UN Forum on Forests

1.  Poverty reduction, biodiversity
conservation and climate protection
through improved management of
forests
 Equipping of policymakers and
practitioners in developing countries
with strategic knowledge, comparable
evidence, reliable tools and systematic
analysis on forests and climate
 Recognition that many forest policies
and projects are poorly underpinned by
science, evidence and knowledge
KNOW-FOR
Improving the way knowledge on forests
is understood, communicated and used internationally

2.  CIFOR, IUCN and PROFOR have
been working jointly on a
number of areas
 DFID saw a great opportunity to
emphasise the value added of
globally important organisations
working together on knowledge
uptake
 Capitalizes on respective,
complementary strengths and
networks of partners:
- CIFOR, IUCN, PROFOR
KNOW-FOR
Improving the way knowledge on forests
is understood, communicated and used internationally

3. KNOW-FOR Deliverables
This programme will develop:
 Application of knowledge on how forests
contribute to economic
development, poverty reduction and
climate change
 Systematic, rigorous and comparable
evidence of what works and what does not
in forestry science and practice, which
rapidly reaches those who need it
internationally and on the frontline
 Improved design and implementation of
broader national policies and programmes
in 40 countries
 Techniques and practices for forest
restoration (the “+” in REDD +) creating
healthy landscapes in up to15 countries
 A broad suite of toolkits, analyses and
knowledge products that are mainstreamed
into in 30 countries

4. KNOW-FOR Deliverables
CIFOR
 Application of knowledge on how
forests contribute to economic
development, poverty reduction and
climate change
 Systematic, rigorous and comparable
evidence of what works and what does
not in forestry science and practice,
which rapidly reaches those who need
it internationally and on the frontline.
 Improved design and implementation
of broader national policies and
programmes in 40 countries

5. DFID KNOW-FOR: CIFOR investments
Cross-cutting & emerging issues
 Evidence-based forestry
 Communications & knowledge sharing
 Future emerging issues
Environment portfolio
 Planted forests
 SFM capacity building
Governance portfolio
 Global & regional trade & investment impacts
 Property rights & REDD+
Livelihoods portfolio
 Forests & food security
 Livelihoods in the context of REDD+
 Poverty-Environment Network

6. PROFOR: background and approach
Livelihoods Financing
Governance
Cross-
sectoral
Policies
• Multidonor partnership
supported by a
consortium of 8 donors
and the World Bank
• Secretariat is hosted by
the World Bank
• Collaborative ties
established with the
NFP facility and its
successor, the Forest
and Farm Facility

7. What we do

8. KNOW-FOR Deliverables
 Application of knowledge about
how forests contribute to
economic development, poverty
reduction and climate change
 Improved design and
implementation of national
policies and programmes
 toolkits, analyses
, videos, knowledge
products, publications, field
notes;

9. Targeted outputs and
outcomes
 120 outputs (knowledge
activities, toolkits, field
notes, publications, videos, etc.)
 Focussed dissemination through
interactive search-based web and face-
to-face interaction on-the-ground
 Mainstream findings into
local, national, regional, global forests-
related activities
Where appropriate, complement donor
operations (including World Bank
group)
 At least 30 countries
KNOW-FOR Deliverables

10. Accessing KNOW-FOR Deliverables
www.profor.info
www.twitter.com/forestideas
www.vimeo.com/forestideas

11. KNOW-FOR: IUCN investments
in support of the Bonn Challenge
Key deliverables
1. Production and uptake of new
knowledge and analysis on key
economic, social and biophysical
opportunities for and constraints to
landscape restoration
2. Development and testing of robust
and easy-to-use tools to assist local,
national and regional actors to
identify, negotiate, implement, and
monitor locally suited landscape
restoration strategies
3. Strengthening capacity for scaling
up landscape restoration efforts and
investment
Thematic focus
1. Restoration as a vehicle for carbon-
intensive land stewardship
2. Land-use dynamics as a
contribution to LR (farm fallow)
3. Adaptation/mitigation synergies
through landscape restoration
4. Links between water, water flows
and LR, including implications for
urban areas
5.
Governance, institutional, monitoring
arrangements for LR
6. Models for private and public
sector investment in LR

12. KNOW-FOR: IUCN INVESTMENTS
• Knowledge package on all 6 thematic areas
• National restoration (including
economic, carbon) assessments
• Assessment of revenue streams from
restored landscapes
• Decision-support framework to improve
resilience of LR
• Best practice guidance for negotiating
outcomes and equitable trade-offs at
landscape scale
• Peer review and early action support for
national and stakeholder commitments to
Bonn Challenge
• Systematic pooling and dissemination of
analysis, good practice and policy-relevant
lessons: exchanges and online learning

13. A common framework for
knowledge uptake and use
Highlighting synergies between
CIFOR, IUCN and PROFOR

14. For more information:
DFID: G-allison@dfid.gov.uk
IUCN: carole.saint-laurent@iucn.org
www.iucn.org; www.forestlandscaperestoration.org
PROFOR: profor@worldbank.org; pdewees@worldbank.org
www.profor.info; www.twitter.com/forestideas; www.vimeo.com/forestideas
CIFOR: j.colmey@cgiar.org
cifor.org