Towards a landscape approach for reducing emissions: substantive report of Reducing Emissions from All Land Uses (REALU) project

This report documents lessons and experiences from the Reduced Emission from All Land Use
(REALU) project, implemented by the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins (ASB)
hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) from 2009 – 2013 with financial support from
Norway’s Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)/the Norwegian Agency for Development
Cooperation (NORAD). The report synthesizes findings and learning from exploratory work on
landscape approaches towards emission reductions, the results of which aim to support actors in
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), agriculture and
climate smart landscapes. Given that this is an action research project, this report represents work
in progress as the results and outcomes of the project are still being digested and further
developed in the current phase of the project titled SECURED LANDSCAPES - Securing
Ecosystems and Carbon benefits by Unlocking Reversal of Emissions Drivers in Landscapes.