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This book is part of a larger project on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation through Alternative Land uses in Rainforests of the Tropics (REDD Alert). This project was fi nanced under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7). We would like to thank the European Union for its generous funding of this research project. We would also like to thank our project coordinator, Dr Robin Matthews, for his continuing support for our research work. The team of editors (Professor Joyeeta Gupta, Dr Nicolien van der Grijp, Dr Onno Kuik) and authors (Fahmuddin Agus, Mairon Bastos Lima, Channah Betgen, Léa Bigot, Felix von Blücher, Constanze Haug, Jonathan Y.B. Kuiper, Dr Robin Matthews, Dr Patrick Meyfroidt, Dr Peter Minang, Dr Meine van Noordwijk, Patricia Santa Maria, Dr Vu Tan Phuong and Hye Young Shin) would like to thank the following people in relation to their insights and time as partners, interviewees and reviewers in the extensive research process that has fi nally led to this book. From the rest of the REDD-ALERT consortium, we would like to thank Harro van Asselt, Emmy Bergsma, Madhu Subedi, Edzo Veldkamp, Eric Lambin, Jim Gockowski, Glen Hyman, Jose Alloy Cuéllar Bautista, Kristell Hergoualc’h, Martin Tchienkoua and Valentina Robiglio, for their inspiration, support and advice on this project.