The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
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2017
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Chesterman S, Hammond JHammond J
, Kadiyala S, Luedeling E, De Renzi B, van Wijk M T, Shepherd K DShepherd K D
, Lamanna CLamanna C
, Rosenstock T SRosenstock T S
Mr Hammond is interested in addressing the human dimensions of environmental pro...
Keith Shepherd’s research focuses on land health surveillance – an evidence-base...
Christine Lamanna is broadly interested in the impact of climate change on natur...
Todd Rosenstock is an agroecologist with the World Agroforestry (ICRAF) where he...
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Accountability and adaptive management of recent global agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement, will in part rely on the ability to track progress toward the social and environmental targets they set. Current metrics and monitoring systems, however, are not yet up to the task. We argue that there is an imperative to consider principles of coherence (what to measure), standardization (how to measure) and decision-relevance (why to measure) when designing monitoring schemes if they are to be practical and useful. New approaches that have the potential to match the necessary scale of monitoring, with sufficient accuracy and at reasonable cost, are emerging; although, they represent a significant departure from the historical norm in some cases. Iterative review and adaptation of analytical approaches and available technology will certainly be needed to continuously design ways to best track our progress. © 2017 The Authors