Participatory mapping workshops underway in Congo

Many of the mapping and monitoring efforts associated with REDD focus on the big picture of carbon stock and of deforestation trends throughout the tropics. A research expedition just underway is focusing on the third piece necessary to inform a global REDD mechanism -- namely, how do people use the land? Participatory mapping workshops with indigenous peoples in the Congo Basin are focusing the discussion.

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