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This report aims to improve knowledge on the role of drivers of deforestation and forest degradation for REDD+1 by promoting a common understanding among delegates of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). The report intends to support the work of SBSTA, as well as related REDD+ processes and initiatives, in order to inform a decision-making process leading towards guidance or a decision on drivers of deforestation and forest degradation (hereafter “drivers”) at the 18th UNFCCC Conference of Parties in December 2012 in Doha. Appendix II of the December 2010 Cancún Decision 1/CP. 162 requests the SBSTA to:(a) Identify land use, land-use change and forestry activities in developing countries, in particular those that are linked to the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, identify the associated methodological issues to estimate emissions and removals resulting from these activities, and assess the potential contribution of these activities to the mitigation of climate change, and report on the findings and outcomes of this work to the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its eighteenth session on the outcomes of the work referred to in this paragraph; The REDD+ Partnership workshop on drivers of deforestation and REDD+ on 13 May 20123 emphasized different levels of understanding amongst representatives. The country submissions in March 2012 to the SBSTA4 are far-ranging and exhibit varying degrees of specificity relating to drivers, as did the subsequent initial consideration at SBSTA 36 in May 2012.