Aiming to build back better, webinar recently explored how forest sector will play a significant role in pandemic recovery. The webinar explored role of forest sector in business recovery as the pandemic that has made 2020 an exceptionally challenging year …

Green tropical timber supply chains, biological corridors and forest monitoring are all important components of forests-based solutions to climate change, according to a side-event organized by ITTO and the Japan Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) at the 25th …

The sustainable management of teak forests and the nurturing of legal and sustainable supply chains can make valuable contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals in the Greater Mekong Subregion, according to speakers at the launch of an ITTO teak project …

ITTO’s governing body, the International Tropical Timber Council, elected Gerhard Dieterle as ITTO’s new Executive Director by consensus at its 52nd session in Yokohama on November 12, 2016. Dr Dieterle won the position from a strong field of six candidates …

ITTO and the Korea Forest Service (KFS) signed a memorandum of understanding on October 17, 2016 to increase cooperation on the restoration and sustainable management of tropical forests.   The MOU was signed at KFS headquarters in Seoul, Republic of …

ITTO recently launched a website dedicated to expanding the use of lesser-used tropical timber species. The aim of tropicaltimber.info is to facilitate access to existing technical information on species’ availability, wood properties, uses and processing into value-added wood products.   …