Frogs aren't well known for their sense of humour, but they might need to develop one in coming decades. Perhaps more than any other order of animals, frogs and toads are under threat--from phenomena like climate change and habitat destruction and a mysterious fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Several rainforest species have gone missing in recent years and others are becoming rarer: according to the recent Global Amphibian Assessment, 1653 of the 5067 known frog and toad species globally are either threatened or extinct.
This edition of the TFU is not about frogs. But these moist and vocal creatures are as good a symbol as any of the challenges facing advocates of natural tropical forests.
15 No 1
Why so glum?
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Photo: C. Vega, Conservation International
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Cambodia's challenges
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An ITTO mission to Cambodia recommends the cautious resumption of timber-harvesting
Why don't trade numbers add up?
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Photo: A. Sarre
Discrepancies in tropical timber trade data highlight the continuing need to strengthen capacity for data collection and analysis
Private concession certified in Malaysia
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Photo: MTCC
Samling Plywood's Sela'an Linau forest management unit in Sarawak is the first private operation to be certified in Malaysia
More negotiations in June
The second part of a United Nations negotiating conference made progress on–but didn't conclude–a successor to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
What will we want from the forests?
Estimating the current and future demand for forest products and services
ITTO's new projects
The projects summarised here were financed at the 37th session of the International Tropical Timber Council in December 2004
Japan: the slumbering giant
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Photo: M. Adams
While growth in the Chinese timber sector captures the headlines, Japan is still a major player
Out on a limb
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Photo: A. Sarre
The Kyoto Protocol took effect last February. What sort of opportunity does it present for tropical forestry?
Fellowship report
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Photo: Bhim Nath Acharya
Clear policies on the marketing of products from community forests are needed in Nepal to maximise the contribution of forests to sustainable development
On the conference circuit
Reports on the Summit on Forests for Heads of States of Central Africa, the Forestry Congress in Venezuela, and a regional coordination workshop on the rehabilitation of tsunami-affected forest ecosystems
Noticeboard
Announcement of the ITTO international conference on tropical plywood in Beijing, study tour on sustainable livelihoods and community forestry, and more
Courses
Short training courses for professionals in forestry and related disciplines
Meetings
A comprehensive listing of coming conferences relevant to sustainable tropical forest management