The reports presented here are the outcomes of studies commissioned by ITTO to facilitate informed decision-making. The contents of these reports do not necessarily reflect the views of ITTO or its members. Moreover, some reports have been modified in their original language, taking into account comments received from the International Tropical Timber Council, but such modifications may not have been made in the other languages.
Technical reports
Good neighbours
This publication contains the proceedings from the International Conference on the Promotion of Intra-Africa Trade in Timber and Timber Products convened in Accra, Ghana in July 2009, and the outcomes of a 2009 study on the regional trade in tropical timber and timber products in Africa, which explored opportunities to further promote the regional trade of forest products from sustainably managed sources.
| Published : | June 2010 |
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| ID number : | TS-35 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-67-2 |
The pros and cons of procurement
This study reviews developments and progress regarding timber procurement policies. It assesses the positive and negative impacts of these policies, analyses the main similarities and differences among timber procurement policies, indicates the extent to which suppliers in ITTO member countries are able to meet the requirements and costs of these policies, and evaluates the need and desirability for as well as the practicality of promoting convergence and coordination among timber procurement policies as a means of facilitating the international trade in tropical timber.
| Published : | April 2010 |
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| Author : | Markku Simula |
| ID number : | TS-34 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-56-7 |
Unedited case studies of TS#34: The pros and cons of procurement
The unedited country case studies referred to in TS#34 are available in their original languages only.
Forest law compliance and governance in tropical countries
The objective of this report is to summarize the main outcomes and lessons learned from five regional workshops on forest law compliance and governance conducted jointly by FAO and ITTO throughout the tropics. Based on the outputs of the workshops, the report makes a number of region-by-region recommendations and draws some general conclusions.
| Published : | March 2010 |
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| Author : | Jürgen Blaser |
Guidebook for the formulation of afforestation / reforestation and bioenergy projects in the regulatory carbon market
The purpose of this guidebook is to serve as guidance for those interested in developing land-use change, forestry and bio-energy projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. The guidebook has been updated by Winrock International with the support of UNEP's CASCADe programme, modified from an earlier version of an ITTO publication (TS 25 / 2006). This updated version includes new information on bio-energy projects and an Annex on voluntary carbon markets.
| Published : | 2009 |
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Forest governance and climate-change mitigation. A policy brief prepared by ITTO and FAO
This policy brief summarizes the main findings of five workshops that were jointly funded and convened by ITTO and FAO in Southeast Asia, West Africa, Central Africa, the Amazon Basin and Mesoamerica, between August 2006 and July 2008 to promote a multi-sectoral dialogue between countries on improving forest law compliance. It highlights the lessons learned from experiences on the ground and sets out the key elements of an approach to forest law compliance and governance that will ensure the optimal role of forests in mitigating climate change.
| Published : | October 2009 |
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Encouraging industrial forest plantations in the tropics
This document is the report of a study on encouraging private-sector investment in industrial forest plantations in the tropics. It assesses the success of forest plantations, taking into account ecological, economic and social aspects and their overall contribution to sustainable development in accordance with the ITTO Guidelines for the Establishment and Sustainable Management of Planted Tropical Forests and ITTO action plans.
| Published : | September 2009 |
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| ID number : | TS-33 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-52-4 |
Gifts from the forest
This report of the international conference on the sustainable development of non-timber forest products and services held in Beijing, China presents an overview of the global non-timber forest products and services sector, considerations regarding the growing significance of community forest enterprises in the production of forest products and services, and discussions on policy and practical issues related to the development of markets for carbon and other forest services.
| Published : | April 2009 |
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| ID number : | TS-32 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-45-1 |
Energy grows on trees
This report summarizes the presentations and discussions made at the The International Conference on Wood-based Bioenergy held in Hannover, Germany, May 2007 as part of LIGNA 2007, the world’s premier exhibition of wood industry technologies. It also includes Powerpoint slides presented by speakers and the conclusions drawn and recommendations made by conference participants. It constitutes the proceedings of the conference.
| Published : | November 2008 |
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| ID number : | TS-31 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-44-3 |
Tropical forests and climate change
This report summarizes the deliberations of the International Expert Meeting on Addressing Climate Change through Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests, which met for three days in Yokohama, Japan, in May/June 2008. The meeting fully endorsed the potential role of sustainable forest management in the tropics in both mitigating climate change and helping communities adapt to it.
| Published : | 1 October 2008 |
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| ID number : | TS-30 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-40-0 |
Developing forest certification
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)
| Published : | May 2008 |
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| Author : | Alan Purbawiyatna & Markku Simula |
| ID number : | TS-29 |
| ISBN : | 4-902045-39-7 |
Developing forest certification (unedited annexes)
These unedited annexes contain country case studies of certication initiatives in country list.
| Published : | May 2008 |
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Community-based forest enterprises
This report describes the status and potential of community forest enterprises in tropical countries.
| Published : | October 2007 |
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| Author : | A. Molnar, M. Liddle & others |
| ID number : | TS-28 |
Report on the review of the US market for tropical timber products
This report gives an overview of trends in the US tropical timber market.
| Published : | July 2007 |
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| Author : | Alberto Goetzl & Håkan C. Ekström |
| ID number : | CEM-CFI (XL)/5 Rev. 1 |
Issues and opportunities for investment in natural tropical forests
This technical report contains the proceedings of the International tropical forest investment forum: issues and opportunities for investment in natural tropical forests. The Forum made a significant contribution to increase the level of understanding on opportunities and constraints for investments in natural tropical forest based enterprises, and on the kind of information and types of tools available or needed to promote more responsible investment.
| Published : | February 2007 |
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| Author : | ITTO |
| ID number : | TS-27 |
| ISBN : | 4 902045 32 X |
Collaboration among C&I processes
This report presents the results of the Inter-Criteria and Indicator (C&I) Process Collaboration Workshop, a collaborative effort by the Montreal Process, ITTO, FAO, the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE), the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the US Forest Service.
| Published : | 2006 |
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New directions for tropical plywood
This technical report contains the proceedings of an ITTO/FAO International conference on tropical plywood. The conference provided a valuable opportunity for tropical plywood producers and consumers to exchange facts, views and experiences on the industry.
| Published : | 2006 |
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| ID number : | TS-26 |
| ISBN : | 4 902045 31 1 |
Guidebook for the formulation of afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism
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.
| Published : | 2006 |
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| Author : | T. Pearson, S. Walker & S. Brown |
| ID number : | TS-25 |
| ISBN : | 4 902045 30 3 |
Status of tropical forest management 2005
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.
| Published : | 2006 |
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| ID number : | TS-24 |
| ISBN : | 4 902045 24 9 |
Prevención, manejo de incendios forestales e impactos ambientales en la cuenca baja y media del río Piura, Perú
El Niño events bring extreme rainfall to semi-arid northwestern Peru resulting in high loadings of tinder-dry fuels in the years following an event. Forest fires have burned large areas after recent El Niño events, yet the capacity to manage the fires is limited. This report reviews what is known about the effects of fires in the lowland dry forests of the Piura region and introduces a strategy for developing effective fire management.
| Published : | March 2006 |
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