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Tropical forests are approaching a fork in the road, both in the way they are managed and, more importantly, in the way that their management and conservation is funded. In terms of management, ever larger areas are being devolved to some form of community tenure. According to advocacy groups like Forest Trends and the Rights and Resources Initiative, policy shifts to recognize traditional and indigenous rights have resulted in a doubling of community-owned and administered forest lands in developing countries over the past two decades, to around 370 million hectares of natural forest.
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The US market for tropical wood
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Photo courtesy of Scottiedog
Woodworks
US domestic manufacturers are feeling the effects of surging imports of tropical hardwood products
Further processing in Central Africa
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Photo: P. Langbour
Legislation to encourage further processing in Central African countries has resulted in a noticeable reduction in log exports but additional measures are needed
The model forest experience in Cameroon
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Photo: Cyprain Jum/CIFOR
Two model forests in Cameroon are building broad-based partnerships between diverse stakeholders to make sustainable forest management a reality
Forest rehabilitation and management in eastern Brazil
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Photo: Danilo Rocha
An ITTO project in the Middle Doce River Valley of Brazil is rehabilitating water recharge areas and riparian forest stands
Keeping track of Guyana's logs
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Photo: P. Bholanath
An ITTO activity examines the effectiveness of Guyana's log tracking system in the identification of illegally harvested timber
Out on a limb
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Photo: ITTO
Emmanuel Ze Meka, recently appointed ITTO's next Executive Director, on his background and vision for the Organization
ITTO's recently funded projects
The projects and pre-projects summarized below were financed at the Forty-second Session of the International Tropical Timber Council, which was held in May 2007
Market trends
Market concerned about short supply and export taxes
Fellowship report
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Photo: P. Shanmughavel
A database provides comprehensive information on India's tropical forest resources
On the conference circuit
Reports on the 42nd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council, the International Conference on Wood-based Bioenergy, the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the FAO/ITTO Regional Workshop on Forest Law Enforcement in Central America
Recent editions
New books and reports and short training courses for professionals in forestry and related disciplines
Topical and tropical
Recent developments in tropical forestry
Courses
Short training courses for professionals in forestry and related disciplines
Meetings
A comprehensive listing of coming conferences relevant to sustainable tropical forest management