Avoided Deforestation with Sustainable Benefits. A simple way to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation

This document is an edited version of a formal submission to the UNFCCC by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in March 2007. The submission was prepared by Meine van Noordwijk, Brent Swallow and Lou Verchot, with inputs from a wider group of staff from ICRAF and the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). Materials and lessons generated through the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins were used to prepare the submission and this document. ASB partners are now exploring key issues related to avoided deforestation with sustainable benefits for Indonesia and other tropical forest countries.