Associate Partners

The FONASO Associate Partners may act as hosts for thesis fieldwork and provide input to or conduct doctoral candidate courses. The Associate Partners - which each hold specific knowledge and have access to unique networks and infrastructure - may also be involved in defining research topics and as co-supervisors.

 

Associate partners in the FONASO Programme are:

 

CIFOR

Centre for Internatinal Forestry Research (CIFOR) is an international research and global knowledge institution, committed to censerving forests and improving the livelihoods of people in the tropics. It is a global leader in the supply of applied forest research. Established in 1993, CIFOR advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation, and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries.

 

CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and the headquarters are in Bogor, Indonesia. CIFOR also has scientists and support staff posted at offices in Asia, Africa and South America and an annual budget of around US$ 21.5 million. Governed by an international board of trustees with 15 members from 12 countries, CIFOR receives contributions from over 50 governments and funding agencies. CIFOR work in more than 30 countries worldwide and have links with researchers in more than 50 international, regional and national organisations.

 

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DLH

Dalhoff Larsen & Hornemann A/S (DLH) is one of the world's major timber wholesalers with sales and procurement offices, warehouse and processing facilities in more than 30 countries on five continents. DLH is a Danish-owned Group quoted on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and since 1908 trading in timber and wood products all over the world. DLH intends to expand its position as one of the world’s leading suppliers of timber and timber products manufactured from sustainably produced raw materials. Through profitable growth, organic as well as by acquisition, and the effective exploitation of the capital invested, DLH aims to create financial results that will secure shareholders a satisfactory return on their investments.

The DLH Group is organised under two divisions: the Hardwood Division and the Timber & Board Division. The Hardwood Division is a provider of tropical and temperate hardwood in the form of logs, sawn timber, components and finished products, part of which are manufactured by the group’s own sawmills and processing facilities in the countries of origin. The products are sold partly through stockholding sales units in a vast number of countries in Europe and in the USA, and partly through sales offices in Europe and in the Far East. The Timber & Board Division distributes timber-based sheet materials and softwood, such as planks and boards. The division has its primary market in Europe and exports considerable quantities of sheet materials to the USA.

 

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James Cook University

James Cook University is Australia's leading tropical research university. The university commits itself to research of excellence and high impact, particularly on issues of critical importance to the world's tropics. Its name is taken from the eighteenth-century British navigator and explorer Captain James Cook, whose epic voyages contributed to the world of science. The University was proclaimed in Townsville on 20 April 1970, two hundred years after Cook charted the eastern seaboard of Australia, including northern Queensland.

 

James Cook University is a leader in research addressing the critical challenges facing the tropics, world-wide. A defining feature of JCU is its tropical location and its research excellence in disciplines of particular relevance to the tropics. As a comprehensive university in the tropics, JCU is well placed to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations to meet these challenges. JCU is committed to providing shape and direction to its research by alignment to the major themes: Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change, Industries and Economies in the Tropics, Peoples and Societies in the Tropics, Tropical Health, Medicine and Biosecurity

 

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University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia (UBC) is one of Canada's finest universities. The outstanding Faculty of Forestry has three departments: Forest Resources Management, Forest Sciences, and Wood Science. These include research groups on forest economics and policy, applied conservation, forest ecosystem management, and sustainable forest management. The University of British Columbia was established in 1908.

UBC's research offices support the development of outstanding research in all disciplines including research carried out by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates. Their goals include increasing research funding from all sectors and to encourage local, national and international research partnerships and exchanges. Additionally, UBC research encourages and supports technology transfer and commercialisation of research discoveries through patents, licenses and spin off company creation and develop new models for knowledge translation. In 2005, UBC was listed as one of North America's top 10 universities for both the quantity and quality of life sciences patents issued. UBC researchers attract hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding annually from government, industry and non-profit foundations.

 

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World Agroforestry Centre

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is an international research and global knowledge institution, committed to generate science-based knowledge about the diverse roles that trees play in agricultural landscapes and to use its research to advance policies and practices that benefit the poor and the environment. ICRAF was established in 1978 to promote agroforestry research in developing countries. In 2002 the Centre acquired the brand name ‘World Agroforestry Centre’ (it was formerly the ‘International Centre for Research in Agroforestry’ and retains the use of the acronym ICRAF). The new name reflects the fact that the Centre is now recognised as the international leader in agroforestry research and development. 

 

The Centre’s vision is a rural transformation in the developing world where smallholder households massively increase their use of trees in agricultural landscapes to improve their food security, nutrition, income, health, shelter, energy resources and environmental sustainability. ICRAF undertakes its science agenda through four main approaches: Accelerating the Use and Impact of its Research, Enhancing Science Quality, Strengthening Partnerships, and Enhancing Operational Efficiency . Agroforestry is uniquely suited to address both (i) the requirement for improved food security and increased bio-mass resources for energy and (ii) the need to sustainably manage agricultural landscapes for the critical ecosystem services they provide.

 

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