Resources

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News releases
ITTO and City of Yokohama Commemorate TICAD with Ceremonial Tree Planting

29 May 2008

Yokohama
ITTO, IUCN launch forest restoration manual

8 November 2005

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO commits another US$10 million for tropical forests

20 December 2004

Yokohama, Japan
Council delivers a further US$7.6 million for field action in tropical forests

8 November 2003

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO pursues forest restoration

18 May 2002

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

13 May 2002

Denpasar, Indonesia
ITTO to meet on forest restoration, mangroves, Congo Basin

9 May 2002

Denpasar, Indonesia
New assessment tool for forest restoration

13 February 2001

Yokohama, Japan
Upgrading the degraded: forest restoration receives boost

5 February 2001

Yokohama, Japan
Policy papers & guidelines
ITTO guidelines for the restoration, management and rehabilitation of degraded and secondary tropical forests

November 2002

This publication, developed by a team of experts from ITTO and organizations such as CIFOR, FAO, IUCN, WWF International and national agencies, is part of a substantial effort by ITTO and its partners to deal with degraded forest and forest land.
ITTO Libreville Action Plan (PS8)

1998
ITTO guidelines for the establishment and sustainable management of planted tropical forests

January 1993

These guidelines comprise general principles and recommended actions applicable to the deliberate planting of trees in tropical environments, particularly in large-scale plantation forests designed for industrial wood production.
Reports
Summary Reprot of the Ex-post Evaluation of 5 Projects in the Field of Rehabilitation and Management of Degraded and Secondary Forests

4 December 2008
Sustainable Management and Utilization of Sympodial Bamboos in South China

14 November 2008
Promotion of Sustainable Utilization of Rattan from Plantation in Thailand

13 April 2007
Guidebook for the formulation of afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

2006

The CDM project cycle is very demanding on project developers, involving project design and development, validation, registration, monitoring, verification and certification. This publication describes the conceptual and procedural details for formulating afforestation and reforestation projects under the CDM with an introduction to the Kyoto Protocol and the CDM.
Reforestation of the Abutia Plains by Indigenous Communities in the Volta Basin

23 October 2006
Aménagement durable et participatif des ressources forestières de la　forêtclassée de Missahoé et des collectivités villageoises environnantes en　vue d’une production optimale de bois d’œuvre (Kpalimé, Togo)

23 Octobre 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.
Restoring forest landscapes: An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

November 2005

This publication presents the latest thinking on the emerging concept of forest landscape restoration. A joint production of ITTO and IUCN, it is the result of close collaboration between a number of institutions.
Summary report on ex-post evaluations of forest plantation projects

October 2004
Women and tropical forest development program (Ghana) [PD 27/94 Rev.2 (F)]

April 2002

Ex-post evaluation of ITTO project PD 27/94 Rev.2 (F)
In situ and ex situ conservation of commercial tropical trees

2001

This volume represents the proceedings of the International Conference on Ex situ and In situ Conservation of Commercial Tropical Trees held 11-13 June 2001 on the campus of Gadjah Mada University (GMU) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The conference was planned and organized as an activity of ITTO Project PD 16/96 Rev.4 (F).
TFU_Articles
Promoting SFM in Africa

2008 No 1
Advances in teak cloning

2007 No 3
Forest rehabilitation and management in eastern Brazil

2007 No 2
Topical and tropical

2007 No 2
Courses

2007 No 2
Meetings

2007 No 2
The allure of plantations

2007 No 1
Recent editions

2007 No 1
Topical and tropical

2007 No 1
Meetings

2007 No 1
On the conference circuit

2006 No 4
Recent editions and courses

2006 No 4
On the conference circuit

2006 No 2
Recent editions

2006 No 2
Is teak improving?

2005 No 4
Recent editions

2005 No 4
Restoring forest landscapes

2005 No 2
Balancing restoration and development

2005 No 2
Adapting to change

2005 No 2
Who's interests does it serve?

2005 No 2
On the conference circuit

2005 No 2
Meetings

2005 No 2
On the conference circuit

2005 No 1
Meetings

2005 No 1
Fellowship report

2004 No 4
Recent editions

2004 No 4
Making secondary forests a priority

2004 No 3
Noticeboard

2004 No 3
Teak growers unite!

2004 No 1
Making the grade

How communities can cash in on teak

2004 No 1
Teak as social engineer

2004 No 1
Kerala conference calls for action on teak

2004 No 1
Teak and forest management in Myanmar

2004 No 1
Status of forest management in Myanmar

2004 No 1
Small change from climate-change negotiations?

2004 No 1
Council’s latest grants

2004 No 1
Tropical and topical

2004 No 1
Noticeboard

2004 No 1
When damage is done

2002 No 4
Reforestation and the gender agenda

2002 No 4
Restoring forest landscapes

2002 No 4
Getting organised

2002 No 4
Making secondary forests visible

2002 No 4
Forestry in development

2002 No 2
How to be successful in plantation development

2001 No 3
Plague, pestilence and plantations

2003 No 3
Genetic conservation and plantations

2001 No 3
Rest assured with quality assurance

2001 No 3
In pursuit of precision

2001 No 3
The Aussies in Brazil

2001 No 3
Native species in plantation: Cordia alliodora

2001 No 3
Planting ideas

2001 No 3
Point of view

2001 No 3
Brochures
Restoring the forests

June 2003

Today, vast areas of tropical forests are so damaged that their future is in serious doubt. But all is not lost. We now have tools—forest restoration techniques—to give these forests a helping hand.