A handing-over ceremony of Togo teak benches to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami affected area was held in Yamamoto town, Miyagi prefecture of Japan on 14 May 2012.

Togo teak benches donated to Tohoku earthquake and tsunami affected area

Mr. A.D.A. Bodjona, the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of Togo to Japan presents teak benches and teak toys to the people of Yamamoto, Tohoku Japan, who were affected by the events of March 11, 2011.
ITTO Signs MOU with Chinese Academy of Forestry
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on international forestry training between ITTO and the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) was signed by Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka, the Executive Director of ITTO and Prof. Zhang Shougong, the President of CAF on 11 May 2012 at the ITTO Secretariat.
Sharing experiences on tracking
Nearly 100 participants from around the world representing governments, international organizations, industry and NGOs gathered from May 15-17 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the ITTO-sponsored workshop on Tracking Technologies for Forest Governance.
Mapping Mangroves
Mangroves are highly productive, biodiversity-rich forest ecosystems adapted to survive in the harsh interface between land and sea. They provide resources such as timber, firewood, thatching materials and a wide range of other products, they serve as habitat for fisheries, and they help protect coastlines from tsunamis, storm surges and erosion. But they are under threat. An estimated 35 600 km2 were lost between 1980 and 2005, and the annual rate of loss between 2000 and 2005 was 0.66%.
New project to support SFM, biodiversity conservation in Africa, latest initiative under joint ITTO/CBD program
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Government of Japan signed a letter of understanding for funding of 278 million Japanese yen (USD 3.6 million) to implement a large capacity-building project to support five Congo Basin countries to provide training on sustainable forest management (SFM) and biodiversity.
ITTO, BirdLife International agree to pursue common goals on tropical forests
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the non-governmental organization BirdLife International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 24, 2012 with the objective of enhancing cooperation and collaboration and to facilitate implementation of the two organizations’ respective work programs.
- 2012/05/23
- New research confirms SFM enhances conservation values in tropical forests
- 2012/05/22
- Togo teak benches donated to Tohoku earthquake and tsunami affected area
- 2012/05/21
- ITTO Signs MOU with Chinese Academy of Forestry
- 2012/05/17
- Project to provide training on SFM/biodiversity management launched in Africa. (Communique is available in French only)
ITTO
- Poster contest Exhibition "“Kizuna with Tropical Forests” at JICA
- 20 April - 27 May 2012, Yokohama, Japan
- ITTO-JICA Side event at Rio+20: ‘Harnessing Tropical Forests for the Transition to a Green Economy’
- 18 June 2012, Rio, Brazil
- ITTO and African Forest Forum (AFF) Forest Day at the First IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress
- 25-30 June 2012, Nairobi, Kenya
- 48th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees
- 5-10 November 2012, Yokohama, Japan
- 49th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Associated Sessions of the Committees
- 25-30 November, 2013, Libreville, Gabon
Others
- Rio+20: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
- 20-22 June 2012, Rio, Brazil
- 2nd Asia regional conference of Society for Conservation Biology
- 7-10 August 2012, Bangalore, India
- IUCN World Conservation Congress
- 6-15 September 2012, Jeju, Korea
- Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
- 8-19 October 2012 - Hyderabad, India
- IUFRO conference "Breeding for Value in a Changing World: Breeding and Genetic Resources of Southern US and Mexican Pines"
- 4-7 February 2013, Jacksonville, FL, USA












