Acknowledgements

DRAFT

The authors wish to thank the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the UN-REDD programme for funding the publication and translation of this guide.

The authors also wish to thank all those cited below for their contributions to the field campaigns and the data used for the red lines, and for enriching with their personal experience the contents of this guide and accepting to proof-read and translate this guide: Dr. Stephen Adu-Bredu, Angela Amo-Bediako, Dr. Winston Asante, Dr. Aurélien Besnard, Fabrice Bonne, Noëlle Bouxiero, Emmanuel Cornu, Dr. Rémi D’Annunzio, Dr. Christine Deleuze, Serge Didier, Justice Eshun, Charline Freyburger, Dominique Gelhaye, Dr. Astrid Genet, Dickson Gilmour, Hugues Yvan Gomat, Dr. Christophe Jourdan, Dr. Jean-Paul Laclau, Dr. Arnaud Legout, Lawrence and Susy Lewis, Dr. Fleur Longuetaud, Dr. Raphaël Manlay, Jean-Claude Mazoumbou, Adeline Motz, Dr. Alfred Ngomanda, Dr. Yann Nouvellon, Dr. Claude Nys, Charles Owusu-Ansah, Thierry Paul, Régis Peltier, Dr. Jacques Ranger, Michaël Rivoire, Gaël Sola, Luca Birigazzi, Dr. Olivier Roupsard, Dr. Armel Thongo M’bou and Prof. Riccardo Valentini.

The authors are also grateful to all those who despite short timelines provided their comments and suggestions for corrections, and their encouragements. This guide benifited greatly from their precious contribution, but the responsibility for its contents is incumbent solely upon its authors.

The methods presented in this guide were developed during measurement campaigns funded by the following projects: ATP Carbone (CIRAD), MODELFOR (ONF), BIOMASSE OPE (ANDRA), SOERE F-ORE-T (GIP ECOFOR), EMERGE (ANR), WAFT (EU), ULCOS (EU), CarboAfrica (EU, contract No. INCO-CT-2004-003729).