O IPAM, juntamente com suas instituições parceiras: Conservação Internacional, Environmental Defense Fund, Woods Hole Research Center e The Nature Conservancy, produziu quatro documentos de posições comuns sobre aspectos da política de REDD. Este é sobre a Posição Comum em Escala de REDD+.

Agricultural expansion, opening of new roads and migration of people to unexploited areas are all major causes of Amazon deforestation; thus many sectors share the responsibility for reversing it. 

The report summarizes research and analysis conducted on the emerging market for GHG emissions offsets derived from activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. It presents analysis of the potential for large-scale emissions reductions in the Xingu River basin of the eastern Amazon region.