The Panel wishes to acknowledge the tremendous support and cooperation received from the Director General and all staff of the Centre; it also recognizes the advice, information and assistance received from the Chair and some members of the Board of Trustees, and from many of CIFOR's partner institutions and scientists in Bolivia, India, Indonesia, Peru, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Professor Jeffrey Sayer, Director General, Dr. John Turnbull, Chief Scientist and Dr. Michael Spilsbury, Impact Assessment Scientist, collaborated fully with the Panel as well as with the TAC and CGIAR Secretariats in the organization and implementation of the review process. They deserve our special thanks for ensuring that we were provided with a good working environment and effective secretarial and technical support. We also thank Prof. and Mrs. Sayer for their kind hospitality.
The Panel acknowledges with special thanks the excellent work done by Ms. Adriana Pierconti of the TAC Secretariat in the preparation of this Report. Without her support we would not have produced the Report on time. She received good assistance from Ms. Yani Saloh.
The Panel would like to record appreciation to Mr. Michael Ibach, Director of Information Services, and Mr. Yahya Sampurna, Mr. Yuliardi Yuzar and Tan Banradi, from the Computer Services, for keeping our computers in functioning order and connecting us to the outside world by e-mail.
We thank Ms. Lia Wan, Tina Turtinawati and her colleagues from the Food and Housing Services, and the CIFOR drivers assigned to the Panel, for taking such excellent care of all our domestic and personal needs.
Ms. Ann Drummond and Ms. Irmi Braun-Castaldi from the TAC Secretariat and Ms. Timni Mahase from the CGIAR Secretariat assisted with logistics and administration. The Panel is pleased to acknowledge their help.
