Resources

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News releases
ITTO Environmental Services projects: Call for nominations

23 October 2008
New ITTO program to benefit from multi-million dollar contribution from the Netherlands

17 October 2007

Yokohama, Japan
Tropical deforestation, wildlife trafficking on Council agenda

6 November 2006

Yokohama, Japan
Most Extensive Survey Ever of World's Remaining Tropical Forests Reveals Upward Trend in "Sustainable" Management Yet 95 Percent of Tropical Forests Remain at Risk

25 May 2006

Mexico City, Mexico
ITTO reinforces commitment to forest law enforcement and combating illegal logging

21 June 2005

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Mutual respect will help solve divisive forest issues, says Council Chair

13 December 2004

Yokohama, Japan
Council pledges US$6 million for new tropical forest projects and activities

24 July 2004

Interlaken, Switzerland
Trade, civil-society organizations agree on measures to combat illegal logging

23 July 2004

Interlaken, Switzerland
Tropical timber trade speaks on downturn, illegal activities, new agreement

8 November 2003

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO identifies causes of trade data discrepancies

3 November 2003

Yokohama, Japan
Illegal logging in Peru blamed on bureaucracy, poverty

7 July 2003

Yokohama, Japan
Cameroon minister praises ITTO support for Yaoundé process

28 June 2002

Yaoundé, Cameroon
ITTO must do more to combat illegal timber trade and enforce forest laws: Brazil's Minister of Environment and Forests

27 May 2002

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO takes action in Africa

18 May 2002

Denpasar, Indonesia
President Megawati calls for more international cooperation on forests

13 May 2002

Denpasar, Indonesia
Timber trade applauds action on market issues

5 November 2001

Yokohama, Japan
Council launches new initiatives on forest law enforcement

3 November 2001

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO mission 'recommended Indonesian log export ban'

30 October 2001

Yokohama, Japan
Action urged on illegal logging and illegal trade

29 October 2001

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO project will combat illegal logging in Indonesia

2 June 2001

Yaoundé, Cameroon
Illegal logging: reinforce existing reserves first

14 December 2000

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO to send mission to Indonesia

4 November 2000

Yokohama, Japan
Indonesia wants ITTO to address illegal logging

30 October 2000

Yokohama, Japan
Reports
Developing forest certification

May 2008

This report describes developments in forest certification worldwide, with a focus on the tropics, including a review of progress towards increasing the comparability and acceptance of forest certification systems. Additional documentation: Unedited Annexes (see next item)
Developing forest certification (unedited annexes)

May 2008

These unedited annexes contain country case studies of certication initiatives in country list.
Report on the review of the US market for tropical timber products

July 2007

This report gives an overview of trends in the US tropical timber market.
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GUIDELINES TO CONTROL ILLEGAL LOGGING FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA

10 October 2006
Status of tropical forest management 2005

2006

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the forest management situation in all 33 of ITTO's producer member countries. Using information submitted by the countries themselves and supplemented by data from a wide range of other sources, it addresses the policy and institutional settings in each country, the approaches taken to the allocation and management of resources, and the status of management of those resources.
Best practices for improving law compliance in the forestry sector

2005

The first comprehensive overview of efforts being made at the local, national and international levels to address illegal forest operations, this joint FAO/ITTO publication analyses and distils available knowledge in a set of best practices for decision-makers.
Achieving sustainable forest management in Indonesia

September 2001

This wide-ranging mission identifies corruption, illegal logging and illegal trade as major impediments to sustainable forest management and makes sweeping recommendations for the reform of the Indonesian forest sector.
TFU_Articles
Forest and protected area management in Cameroon

2008 No 1
Improving forest governance in the Republic of Congo

2008 No 1
Illegal sawnwood in the East Province of Cameroon

2007 No 3
Measuring the impacts of illegal logging

2007 No 3
Keeping track of Guyana's logs

2007 No 2
Meetings

2007 No 2
Fighting illegal logging in Indonesia

2007 No 1
On the conference circuit

2007 No 1
Meetings

2007 No 1
Papua New Guinea – the other side of the story

2006 No 4
Tracking the wood

2006 No 4
Meetings

2006 No 4
On the conference circuit

2006 No 3
Recent editions

2006 No 3
New forest treaty agreed

2005 No 4
Brazil gets new forest law

2005 No 4
Recent editions

2005 No 4
Topical and tropical

2005 No 4
Meetings

2005 No 3
ITTO reinforces commitment to forest law enforcement

2005 No 2
On the conference circuit

2005 No 2
Recent editions

2005 No 2
Letters, Noticeboard and Courses

2005 No 2
On the conference circuit

2005 No 1
Out on a limb

2004 No 4
IUCN sets its agenda

2004 No 4
On the conference circuit

2004 No 4
Out on a limb

2004 No 3
On the conference circuit

2004 No 2
Tropical and topical

2004 No 2
Tropical and topical

2004 No 1
Council outcomes

2003 No 4
Moving mahogany

2003 No 4
Making concessions in Brazil

2003 No 3
Brazil's bold initiative in the Amazon

2003 No 3
Some doubts about concessions in Brazil

2003 No 3
Laying down the law in Peru

2003 No 3
Enforcing the law

2003 No 3
Lag-time of the law

2003 No 3
Fellowship report

2002 No 2
The global problem of illegal logging

2002 No 1
Documenting the undocumented

2002 No 1
Achieving sustainable forest management in Indonesia

2002 No 1
Monitoring mahogany

2002 No 1
Policy failure: the accomplice of illegal trade

2002 No 1
Ecuador's new approach to enforcing forest law

2002 No 1
Point of view

2002 No 1
ITTO takes a stand on forest law enforcement

2001 No 4
Fellowship report

2001 No 1
Others
Unedited Annexes of TS 29 Developing Forest Certification

July 2008

Brazil (English) Congo (French) Gabon (English) Ghana (English) Indonesia (English) Malaysia (English)