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.

Sharing experiences on tracking

ITTO ED Emmanuel Ze Meka opening the workshop. Photo: MTCC
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.
Katsuhiro Kotari, eminent forester and friend to ITTO, passed away on December 25, 2011
Katsuhiro Kotari, a key member of the Japanese government team that negotiated the first International Tropical Timber Agreement (1983) in the 1970s and early 1980s, passed away on December 25th, 2011.
New accord for tropical forests enters into force
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) announced the entry into force of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 (ITTA, 2006) effective Wednesday, December 7th 2011. The ratification of the agreement by the West African nation of Benin triggered the entry into force of this successor agreement to the Organization’s current governing treaty (ITTA, 1994).
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ITTO
- Workshop on Tracking Technologies for Forest Governance
- 15-17 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 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












