ISBN:9781107028807 Edited by: Rosemary Lyster, University of Sydney; Edited by: Catherine MacKenzie, University of Cambridge; Edited by: Constance McDermott, James Martin Senior Fellow, Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests

Emerging from the scientific parameters underpinning REDD+ (including the measurement of carbon stocks, reporting and verification), Law, Tropical Forests and Carbon considers the crucial challenges for global and national governance and the legal rights and interests of indigenous people and local communities, all of which have fundamental implications for development and poverty alleviation.