Louis V Verchot, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Palmira, Colombia, Katia Fernandes, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, David Saah, University of San Francisco, Environmental Science, San Francisco, CA, United States, Glenn Hyman, SIG-GIS, Raleigh, United States, Jean-Pierre Wack, SIG-GIS, San Francisco,, CA, United States, Steven Prager, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia, Carlos Gasco, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, Jose leandro Fernandes, CIAT, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Marina Piatto, IMAFLORA, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil and Sidney Novoa, ACCA, Lima, Peru