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Reports
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| Establishment of a national forest and timber marketing statistics system (Ecuador). |
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2011
Guyana's forest sector is one of the most thriving areas of economic growth in the country. However, too much reliance on traditional commercial species may exhaust the current supply. This booklet, an output from Project PD 344/05, introduces some of the lesser utilized species of Guyana which are no less important or usable than the major harvested species.
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| Mission en appui au Gouvernement de la Côte d’Ivoire en vue d’atteindre l’Objectif 2000 de l’OIBT et l’aménagement forestier durable |
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May 2009
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| MISSION D’APPUI AU GOUVERNEMENT DU TOGO EN VUE D’ATTEINDRE L’OBJECTIF 2000 DE L’OIBT DANS LE CADRE DE LA GESTION DURABLE DES FORETS |
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May 2009
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| Energy grows on trees |
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November 2008
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.
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| Tropical forests and climate change |
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1 October 2008
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.
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| Developing forest certification |
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May 2008
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)
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| Developing forest certification (unedited annexes) |
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May 2008
These unedited annexes contain country case studies of certication initiatives in country list.
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| Lesser utilised timber species of Guyana |
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2008
Guyana's forest sector is one of the most thriving areas of economic growth in the country. However, too much reliance on traditional commercial species may exhaust the current supply. This booklet, an output from Project PD 344/05, introduces some of the lesser utilized species of Guyana which are no less important or usable than the major harvested species.
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| Assessment of the resistance of 15 lesser used timber from Guyana to abrasion and attack by Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis |
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2008
This report an output of PD 344/05 Rev. 2, describes two laboratory tests that assess performance of 15 Lesser Used Species (LUS) of timber in Guyana against abrasion and attack by the marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Nigeria |
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October 2007
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Papua New Guinea |
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April 2007
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| Issues and opportunities for investment in natural tropical forests |
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February 2007
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.
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| New directions for tropical plywood |
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2006
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.
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| Guidebook for the formulation of afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism |
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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.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in India |
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October 2006
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Thailand |
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October 2006
One of this mission's recommendations is to develop national criteria and indicators through a broad-based participatory process, which has the potential to serve as a critical element in developing a shared vision among stakeholders about how the country's national forests should be managed.
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| Status of tropical forest management 2005 |
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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.
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| Review of the French timber market |
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November 2005
This report gives an overview of trends in France's tropical timber market, recommending, among other things, that tropical timber producers grow the market for lesser known species by processing them locally to international standards.
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| Restoring forest landscapes: An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration |
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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.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Mexico |
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September 2005
This mission recommends, among other things, that the Mexican government promote agreements between community forest owners and companies to establish commercial plantations and make joint investments in forest industries.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Liberia |
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June 2005
This mission recommended that ITTO actions should focus on four main areas: improving knowledge about the forest resource and its utilization; capacity building; pilot preparation of a sustainable forest management plan; and supporting real participation of local communities in the management and use of forest resources.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Gabon |
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April 2005
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| Consecución del Objetivo 2000 y la ordenación forestal sostenible en Panamá |
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December 2004
This mission recommended, among other things, the creation of a 'dialogue forum' for sustainable forest management at a ministerial level that would involve civil society, academia and representatives from the Comarcas.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Cambodia |
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December 2004
A limited number of carefully monitored industrial-scale concessions linked to efficient processing capacities and providing high local value added would help maximize the benefit of the timber industry to Cambodian society, according to this report.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Republic of the Fiji Islands |
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November 2004
One of this mission's recommendations was to raise landowners' awareness of the long-term benefits that sustainable forest management can bring through such actions as firmly supporting, ensuring the continuation, and expanding the scope of the ITTO landowner-awareness program.
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| Promoting the further processing of tropical timber in Africa |
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2004
The value of exports for all ITTO producer countries in further-processed timber was approximately US$3.5 billion in 1998, of which only 1% came from Africa. This proposal for action, which arose from a ministerial-level conference of the African Timber Organization, lays out a strategy to expand the market share of African countries in further-processed timber products.
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| Review of information on life cycle analysis of tropical timber products |
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August 2004
This report outlines the results of a review on life cycle assessment (LCA) as applied to temperate and, in particular, tropical timbers.
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| Consecución del Objetivo 2000 y la ordenación forestal sostenible en Ecuador |
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June 2004
According to the report of this mission, the Government of Ecuador should give priority to two main issues: strengthening and modernizing the institutional framework affecting the forest sector, and improving cooperation between the public and private sectors.
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| Review of the Indian timber market |
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May 2004
This review gauges the overall trends and prospects of India's timber markets with a focus on the tropical timber trade, to bring insight into the current supply and demand status and opportunities for ITTO exporters.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Philippines |
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October 2003
This mission made a wide range of recommendations, including for ITTO to support the Philippines in developing multi-stakeholder approaches to total watershed planning in an effort to reduce resource-use conflicts and to provide a supportive land-use context for sustainable forest management.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Peru |
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October 2003
This mission recommended, among other things, the comprehensive valuation of Peru's forest resources and the communication of this value to decision-makers, especially the national congress, in order to improve the profile of the forest sector in the country's macroeconomic landscape.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Suriname |
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September 2003
One of this mission's many recommendations was that the government should immediately initiate a dialogue with the tribal communities in the interior of the country and develop an approach to determining land-tenure rights.
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| ITTO projects in the field of demonstration areas/model forest for sustainable forest management implemented in Asia |
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September 2003
Ex-post evaluation of five ITTO projects
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| Synthesis Report on Synthesis Report on Ex-Post Evaluations of Reduced Impact Logging Projects - PD 74/90 Rev.1 (F,I); PD 104/90 Rev.2 (F) and PD 26/96 Rev.4 (F); PD 45/97 Rev.1 (F) |
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September 2003
Ex-post evaluation of four ITTO projects
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Guyana |
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April 2003
According to this mission, the Guyanese timber industry should use labour-intensive, low-technology approaches to timber extraction based on mobile sawmills and improved chainsaw conversion and, with ITTO assistance, should reorient its approach to marketing.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Trinidad and Tobago |
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April 2003
This mission recommended, among other things, that ITTO support a project in Trinidad & Tobago to help strengthen the capacity of the Forest Department to carry out a multi-stakeholder, multi-resource assessment of the country's forests.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Brazil |
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September 2002
ITTO should focus its assistance to Brazil on, among other things, creating a critical mass of trainers, trained staff and workers with the skills needed to implement sustainable forest management.
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Central African Republic |
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September 2002
According to this mission, the zoning of forest concessions would be an important first step towards sustainable forest management in the Central African Republic. (Full Report Available in French)
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| ITTO projects in the field of sustainable forest management implemented in Latin America - 1. PD 34/88 Rev.1 (F, I); PD 33/93 Rev.1 (F); PD 95/90 (F); PD 18/94 Rev.1 (F); PD 176/91 Rev.1 (F); PD 13/96 Rev.1 (F) |
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April 2002
Ex-post evaluation of six ITTO projects
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| ITTO projects in the field of fire management implemented in Indonesia - PD 17/87 (F); PD 84/90 (F); PD 12/93 Rev.3 (F) |
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April 2002
Ex-post evaluation of ITTO projects PD 17/87 (F), PD 84/90 (F) and PD 12/93 Rev.3 (F)
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| Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Congo |
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March 2002
According to this mission, the most important ingredient for sustainable forest management in the Republic of Congo is transparency in the granting of logging permits; ITTO's assistance should therefore afford this the highest priority.
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| Achieving sustainable forest management in Indonesia |
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September 2001
This wide-ranging mission identifies corruption, illegal logging and illegal trade as major impediments to sustainable forest management and makes sweeping recommendations for the reform of the Indonesian forest sector.
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| Review of progress towards the Year 2000 Objective |
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November 2000
This review notes signs of progress towards sustainable forest management, particularly in policy and law reform, but much more needs to be done to implement such policies on the ground.
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