The ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins is devoted entirely to research on the tropical forest margins. ASB, which was founded as Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn in 1994, is currently focussed on reducing deforestation and emissions from land use change, including forestry and agriculture, while ensuring viable livelihoods and enhancing social and environmental co-benefits.The partnership includes over 90 research institutions, universities, non-governmental organizations, community organizations and farmers’ groups operating worldwide. From 1994, until 2007 ASB operated as a systemwide programme of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). In 2008 it evolved to a new global partnership.