Kochi, 18 September 2025: ITTO called for deeper exchange of knowledge and stronger partnerships to boost the sustainable teak sector, highlighting the example of teak heavyweight India, as stakeholders gathered for the 5^th World Teak Conference.

Yokohama, 18 September 2025: Timber markets improved in some African countries in August, despite sluggish performance in most countries, according to the latest Global Timber Index (GTI) report. The ITTO-supported GTI tracks the performance of the timber sector in pilot countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Yokohama, 11 September 2025: The Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2025 aims to strengthen networking, collaboration, and business exchange among stakeholders in the timber and wood products industry. The forum seeks to advance sustainable tropical forest management and promote the adoption of legal and sustainable wood product supply chains.

Yokohama, 02 September 2025: When managed using silvicultural best practices, teak plantations can exemplify the benefits of sustainable forest management. Implementation of advanced silvicultural practices and genetic improvement is essential to producing high-quality, durable teak products while ensuring sustainable management of forest resources.
 

Seoul, 29 August 2025: “Partnerships are key to scaling up global forest restoration”, said Soo Min Lee, Programme Officer at the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), during a panel discussion at the Global Workshop on the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI) held in Seoul.
 

Yokohama, 28 August 2025: At a side event held during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) on 22 August 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Forestry Agency of Japan, the UN-REDD/AFF Initiative, and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) convened experts to explore how cross-sectoral collaboration and co-created knowledge can accelerate progress in Africa.