The Inception Report of the Project Kick-Off Workshop provides detailed information on the project background and outputs as well as on the planned methodology. It summarizes the workshop's discussions on expected project outputs, activities and next steps. See full Report |
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Forests, December 2019 The article presents the establishment of a forest reference emissions level (FREL/FRL) for southern Cameroon adjusted to societal megatrends of strong population- and economic growth combined with rapid urbanization. It demonstrates what can be done with available information and data, but most importantly outlines pathways to further improve the quality of future FREL/FRL’s in light of possibly accessing performance-based payments. See full publication
Environmental Research Letters, July 2018
The spatially explicit assessment of Brazil's 2012 Forest Code through the year 2050 presented here, shows that, if rigorously enforced, the Forest Code could prevent a net loss of 53.4 million hectares (Mha) of forest and native vegetation by 2050, 43.1 Mha (81%) of which are in the Amazon alone. This article, published in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL) by editor IOP Publishing, has been chosen as an Editors' “Featured Article”. See full publication |
Energy Policy, September 2019 The results presented here suggest that future ethanol demand in Brazil should not substantially affect food production nor native forest. This outcome will however depend on the compliance with the sugarcane agro-ecological zoning (AEZ) by the ethanol sector in Brazil. See full publication
Forests, July 2018 Large-scale wildfires affect millions of hectares of land in Indonesia annually, and produce severe smoke haze pollution and carbon emissions, with negative impacts on climate change, health, economy, and biodiversity. In this study is presented a mechanistic fire model to estimate burnt areas in Indonesia for the first time. See full publication
Forest Policy and Economics, October 2017 How can we ensure forest protection and sustainable forest biomass production at the same time? A first-ever global map of certified forest areas, based on a participatory and collaborative mapping approach, contributes to the answer. See full publication |
Science Advances, July 2019 The article presents the first quantitative analysis of expanding the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) from the Brazilian Amazon to the Cerrado biome. This would prevent the direct conversion of 3.6 million ha of native vegetation to soybeans by 2050. The findings show that urgent action is required, including a zero native vegetation conversion agreement such as the SoyM, to preserve the Cerrado’s bio-diversity and ecosystem services. See full publication
Forests, July 2018 Monitoring large forest areas is presently feasible with satellite remote sensing. This study evaluated, for the first time, the potential of using freely available medium resolution (30 m) Landsat time series data for deforestation monitoring in tropical rainforests of Kalimantan, Indonesia. See full publication |
Many companies pledged to source deforestation-free palm oil only. What does that mean on the ground? A new IIASA study in collaboration with Ferrero sheds light on land use in palm estates in Malaysia. See full publication |
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