Dr. Arild Angelsen is a Professor of Economics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), and currently (2014-15) also a visiting professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. He has a PhD in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Recent work has been on how avoided deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) can be included in a global climate regime, and the national strategies and policies needed to reduce GHG emissions. He has authored and edited several key REDD+ publications and is the global coordinator of the Poverty Environment Network (PEN), a CIFOR-led research programme collecting detailed information from 8 000 households in 24 developing countries on forest uses and management.