Mollicone et al. Accounting for avoided conversion of intact forest Page 1 Running head (shortened title): Accounting for avoided conversion of intact forests Title: Avoiding deforestation: An incentive accounting mechanism for avoided conversion of intact and non-intact forests Author(s): Danilo Mollicone 1 , Frédéric Achard 1 , Sandro Federici 1 , Hugh D. Eva 1 , Giacomo Grassi 1 , Alan Belward 1 , Frank Raes 1 , Günther Seufert 1 , Giorgio Matteucci 2 and Ernst-Detlef Schulze 4 Affiliation(s): 1. Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, CCR, TP 440, 21020 Ispra (VA), Italy 2. Institute for Mediterranean Agriculture and Forest Systems, National Research Council, Via Cavour n. 4-6, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy 3. Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany Full address for correspondence, including telephone and fax number and email address: Danilo Mollicone: now at MPI: Address : Hans-Knoell-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany E-mail: dmolli@bgc-jena.mpg.de Frédéric Achard Address : CCR / TP 440, I-21020 Ispra (VA), Italy tel: +39-0332-78-5545 fax: +39-0332-78-9073 E-mail: frederic.achard@jrc.it