An article on the European Commission’s Research and Innovation website summarizes outcomes from REDD-ALERT project which ran from 2009-2012 with 12 partner organizations and a focus on 4 countries: Cameroon, Indonesia, Peru and Vietnam.

The REDD-ALERT project investigated how international and national policy initiatives aimed at reducing deforestation could be translated into action on the ground to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The World Agroforestry Centre has been a key partner in the project, analyzing how changes in land-use affect above ground carbon stocks.

“Our work, together with the other project partners, helped quantify the emissions for the specific pattern of tree cover change on the three continents, taking into account their contrasting drivers of change,” says Meine van Noordwijk, Chief Science Advisor with the World Agroforestry Centre.

Centre scientists also provided advice on how national systems for monitoring, reporting and verification can be set up, making use of pre-existing data from various sources.

The project has resulted in the publication of the book: Climate Change, Forests and REDD which looks at the drivers and policy instruments for promoting REDD+ and making it effective in different countries.

Funding from the EU for the REDD-ALERT project enabled a team of world-class researchers on tropical deforestation to come together to address how emissions from land-use changes in the tropics can be reduced.

Read the full story: International exchange fosters better local action on deforestation