The name of the Alternatives to Slash and Burn Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins (ASB Partnership) has pointed to one of the multiple drivers of forest cover changes, and clarifying the broader set of relations has been an important element in the international and regional dialogues on abating deforestation and forest degradation. The threat to global climate posed by emissions from the loss of forest resources, particularly in the tropics and subtropics, geared the drivers’ discussion to the negative phase of the wider forest transition, as drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. However, recently, a broader discussion of tree cover transitions is emerging that includes drivers of tree cover change, including ‘reforestation’ (Nguyen et al 2013, PB 32) or ‘agroforestation’. Countries like Viet Nam are reporting to be in the recovery part of their forest transition curve, although this has not stopped ongoing loss of natural forest. From a review of the research conducted by the ASB partnership and reported in the policy briefs of this section, three main findings are: • Drivers are elements in an interactive chain of processes at multiple scales and leverage can only be obtained if the concept of single-level drivers is abandoned. • Tenure reforms (both tree tenure and forest land tenure) and stewardship agreements can play crucial role in addressing drivers at multiple scales. This can be strengthened by the creation of fair and effective policies and institutions that deal with existing conflicts and help avoiding new ones, by clarifying rights and responsibilities concerning forest resources, in line with basic human rights and constitutions of the countries involved. • Emissions Embodied in Trade (EET) are a symptom of the displacement of landuse based emissions over accounting borders. It represents forest cover losses in exporting countries while helping save forests in countries importing wood and biofuel.