Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale
land acquisition by
foreign nations and corporations
in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over
land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of
payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress
in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.