Spontaneous tropical reforestation following socio-economic 'development', with implications for conservation and forest-carbon emission reductions (REDD+) Regions: Panama, Mesoamerica, Latin America and Caribbean

The history and future of pan-tropical forest transformation, management, production and conservation Regions: Tropics / Global South

Desinging tropical forest conservation programmes and landscapes to achieve forest carbon-emission reductions at minimal social cost. Regions: Panama

Fire activity and management in human-modified tropical landscapes, especially in response to changing land use, climate and resource governance Regions: Borneo, Indonesia

Implications of future industrial and artisanal mining for forest change and conservation in the Congo Basin. Regions: Congo Basin (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, The Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)

Assessing the environmental and socio-economic trade-offs of road infrastructure development in the tropics for optimal development