Agriculture and Deforestation: Is REDD+ Rooted In Evidence?

► Agriculture is central to REDD + and fated to remain so. ► Little proof confirms the Borlaug (land sparing) hypothesis mostly for economic reasons. ► Changes in agricultural technologies have contrasted consequences on forest cover. ► Public support policies are required to secure positive impacts. ► National strategies for REDD + do not incorporate these research findings yet.