Our research and expert analysis help policy makers and practitioners shape effective policy, improve the management of tropical forests and address the needs and perspectives of people who depend on forests for their livelihoods. Our multidisciplinary approach considers the underlying drivers of deforestation and degradation which often lie outside the forestry sector: forces such as agriculture, infrastructure development, trade and investment policies and law enforcement.

CIFOR in Indonesia & Cameroon

CIFOR is a SPOP partner

Pablo is a Senior Scientist at CIFOR and is conducting global research on the implications of trade and investment trends on forests, people's livelihoods and economic development, and the emerging state and non-state responses towards building multi-scale governance options and architectures to manage their social, economic and environmental impacts. Pablo holds a B.Sc. in Sociology, a M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics and a Ph.D. in Geography from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, MA, USA.
SPOP contact Pablo Pacheco
Raymond Nkongho has been a postgraduate research student at CIFOR since 2011. His research fields concern the conditions for a sustainable development of the smallholder oil palm sector in Cameroon. He has a lot of experiences in the field of oil palm plantation first as field staff, then manager and consultant for diverse palm plantation companies. He also worked as a consultant for the Agroforestry Society of South Cameroon.
Raymond Nkongho