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Krystof Obidzinski is a Scientist with the Forest Governance Program at CIFOR's Bogor headquarters. He has extensively researched the political economy of the forestry sector in Indonesia particularly social, economic, and environmental impacts of illegal logging and the illegal timber trade. He has also researched regulatory and market mechanisms to reduce illegal logging. In recent years, his research has focused more on the impacts of global investment and trade in commodities affecting forested landscapes in the tropics with particular interest in the impacts of oil palm development and timber plantation expansion in Indonesia. Krystof hopes to generate information on possible obstacles or barriers to the implementation of sustainable forestry practices, including REDD.