Working with forestry scientists across the world Michelle Kovacevic Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Contact: [email protected] ; @kovamic
Working with scientists in developing countries
Nov 27, 2014
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
blog.cifor.org
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Background Challenges Opportunities
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
Policy-orientated research that informs equitable decision making in tropical forested countries
Where we work
Research sites in more than 30 countries
Over 200 staff from 37 countries
Knowledge sharing models
CIFOROutput
Knowledge
sharing
Knowledge
sharing
Knowledgesharing
Impact
Impact
Impact
The challengesCapacity gaps // Audience diversity // Cultural sensitivities
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
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
Lack of capacity
• Language
Capacity building and training for scientists, journalists and communicators
Lack of capacity
• Technology
Landscape game: A virtual reality?
Beware of cultural sensitivities…
Which headline would you go with?
DR Congo not ready to make REDD+ funding work
Can REDD+ drive change in DR Congo?
OpportunitiesGrowing importance // Impact needs comms // communities of practice
Importance of communication increasingly recognized
By scientists By donorsBy institutions
Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination
Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”
Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”
Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination
Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”
Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination
Proposal Implementation Results Dissemination Evaluation
Focus on “impact” & “evidence-based policy making”
Building communities of practice
ForestsClimateChange.org
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