I wish to voluntarily disclose that I have received remuneration and funding from two organizations that have supported the implementation and development of REDD+ around the world. First, I authored a case study and strategic working paper on the implications of REDD+ for the promotion of community forestry in Indonesia and Tanzania for the Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA). Second, I co-authored an academic sourcebook on REDD+ for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Third, I received funding from the UNEP to participate in a workshop held in May 2014 in Jakarta to design a new REDD+ Academy.

In addition, given the subject matter of this book, I also wish to disclose the estimated amount of carbon emissions that were produced through the extensive travel that I undertook to visit various sites and carry out interviews from 2011 to 2014. I performed this calculation using Yale University’s Community Carbon Fund Calculator and took into account all travel (by air, road, and rail) that was undertaken primarily for the purposes of collecting data for this book. The total amount is as follows: 48,290 metric tons of carbon emissions. This is equivalent to the carbon sequestered in 373 acres of forests preserved from conversion to agricultural development in one year.

I am convinced that these engagements and this extensive travel were critical to my ability to complete this research and to contribute to existing knowledge on REDD+, rights, and transnational law. In the future, I will buy carbon credits from Carbon Tanzania to off-set any carbon emissions generated by any travel that I may undertake to promote this book.