This book is an early output of a Global Comparative Study on REDD, coordinated by CIFOR and involving a number of partner organisations and individuals. The ideas and format of the book emerged through discussions within this project. Coeditors Maria Brockhaus, Markku Kanninen, Erin Sills, William D. Sunderlin and Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, have given valuable input all along. The book is …