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Working with forestry scientists across the world Michelle Kovacevic Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Contact: [email protected] ; @kovamic

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My presentation at the Australian Science Communicators Conference. Brisbane, Australia, 2014.

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Working with forestry scientists across the worldMichelle Kovacevic

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Contact: [email protected]; @kovamic

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blog.cifor.org

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Outline

Background Challenges Opportunities

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Forests by the numbers 31% of the world’s land mass Provide $250 billion in various forms of income Essential to the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people (25% of world

pop) 80% of terrestrial biodiversity Absorb up to a third of all carbon emissions

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Policy-orientated research that informs equitable decision making in tropical forested countries

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Where we work

Research sites in more than 30 countries

Over 200 staff from 37 countries

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Knowledge sharing models

CIFOROutput

Knowledge

sharing

Knowledge

sharing

Knowledgesharing

Impact

Impact

Impact

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The challengesCapacity gaps // Audience diversity // Cultural sensitivities

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Huge audience diversity

Q: If there was some media to give you information on water, food and energy supplies, what information would you be interested in?

People who live in forests

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Huge audience diversity

Q: If there was some media to give you information on water, food and energy supplies, what information would you be interested to watch/read/listen to?

People who don’t live in forests

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Lack of capacity

• Language

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Capacity building and training for scientists, journalists and communicators

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Lack of capacity

• Technology

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Landscape game: A virtual reality?

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Beware of cultural sensitivities…

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Which headline would you go with?

DR Congo not ready to make REDD+ funding work

Can REDD+ drive change in DR Congo?

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OpportunitiesGrowing importance // Impact needs comms // communities of practice

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Importance of communication increasingly recognized

By scientists By donorsBy institutions

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Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination

Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

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Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination

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Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination

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Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination Evaluation

Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”

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Building communities of practice

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ForestsClimateChange.org

Follow us! @forestsCC

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