Scientists pinpoint activities driving deforestation and urge countries to take action at Doha

Martin Herold and Veronique de Sy present their work at the UN Climate Summit, 26 November - 7 December, 2012 in Doha, Qatar.

Their work has also been highlighted and summerized in Forest news: Scientists pinpoint activities driving deforestation and urge countries to take action at Doha:

“Understanding what is driving changes in your forest, both now and in the past, is important in developing reference emissions levels for REDD+ so we consider national circumstances and underpin scenarios that deviate from historical trends,” said Martin Herold, a scientist with Wageningen University and associate with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).