MOU for forest research

MOU for forest research

JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor-based Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR) yesterday signed memos of understanding
with four Indonesian research institutes to conduct a number of
joint research activities.

Under the agreements, CIFOR would conduct joint research
projects with the Ministry of Forestry's Directorate General of
Forestry Inventory and Land Use Planning, the ministry's Forest
Research and Development Agency, Bogor Agriculture University and
the Faculty of Forestry of Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada
University.

A statement from CIFOR said the agreement would provide a
framework to support sustainable forest management of tropical
forests in Indonesia.

The research would cover subjects such as the impact of
logging on forest biodiversity in Central Kalimantan, the effects
of deforestation on biodiversity in Jambi, the development and
testing of forest survey measurement and inventory techniques.

Other subjects include studies on reduced impact logging and
on the effect of different management techniques on forest
productivity and productivity. (pwn)