Celebrating the International Day of Forests
Starting in 2013, 21 March of each year will be celebrated as the “International Day of Forests”. To commemorate this occasion, ITTO wants to share 21 stories* of its work with tropical forests and people, which help to illustrate the deep connections that exist between the two.
Forests sustain life, and the actions of man influence the forest. Many people around the world are working hard to ensure this influence is positive and to create a better future for us and for the generations to come. The 21 stories published for this inaugural International Day of Forests reflect the kind of work that many people, with the support of ITTO, are carrying out to sustain and to enhance the values provided by tropical forests around the world.
Africa:
Asia:
Latin America:
*The stories were submitted by Executing Agencies of ITTO projects, and therefore, are presented in their original language with minor editing for consistency purposes. The opinions and views expressed in them do not necessarily reflect those of ITTO or its members.
Forests sustain life, and the actions of man influence the forest. Many people around the world are working hard to ensure this influence is positive and to create a better future for us and for the generations to come. The 21 stories published for this inaugural International Day of Forests reflect the kind of work that many people, with the support of ITTO, are carrying out to sustain and to enhance the values provided by tropical forests around the world.
Africa:
- Conservation and utilization of medicinal plants from the forest in Ghana [en]
- Criteria and indicators for African forests [en]
- Enforcing forest legality in Cameroon [fr]
Asia:
- Developing MRV methodologies for carbon offset in Indonesia [en]
- Greening Myanmar [en]
- Participatory forest management for NTFP utilization in Indonesia [en]
- Promoting legal timber procurement by SMEs in China [en]
- Sandalwood, green gold in Indonesia [en]
- The Emerald Triangle trans-boundary biodiversity conservation project in Cambodia and Thailand [en]
Latin America:
- Better information systems to improve legality of the forest sector in Guatemala [es]
- Commercialization of seeds of timber species in the Peruvian Amazon [es]
- Forest management by rural communities in Guatemala [es]
- Economic valuation of environmental of the coastal forest of Mexico [es]
- Eco-tourism in forest concessions in Peru [es]
- Enhancing market intelligence for the forest sector in Guyana [en]
- Environmental services for Ucayali forest, Peru [es]
- Participatory fire management in Panama [es]
- Permanent forest monitoring plots in Guatemala [es]
- Rehabilitation, use and SFM of bamboo forest in Peru [es]
- Restoration of sub-humid ecosystems through reforestation in Peru [es]
- Utilization of timber species from secondary forest in Peru [es]
*The stories were submitted by Executing Agencies of ITTO projects, and therefore, are presented in their original language with minor editing for consistency purposes. The opinions and views expressed in them do not necessarily reflect those of ITTO or its members.