This document presents preliminary maps and statistics about the area and carbon content of forests on lands that are highly suitable for industrial agriculture and those forests that have high concentrations of forest dependent people. Beyond these preliminary maps and statistics, an important goal of this report is to provide a conceptual approach to the mapping of the constraints to agricultural expansion imposed by soils, drainage, and climate as one component of the analyses that each nation must undertake in projecting future deforestation trends.
WHRC, IPAM. Readiness for REDD: A Preliminary Global Assessment of Tropical Forested Land Suitability for Agriculture. Bali/Indonesia. 03 de Dezembro, 2007.