working with scientists in developing countries
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My presentation at the Australian Science Communicators Conference. Brisbane, Australia, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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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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