Resources

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News releases
Most Extensive Survey Ever of World's Remaining Tropical Forests Reveals Upward Trend in "Sustainable" Management Yet 95 Percent of Tropical Forests Remain at Risk

25 May 2006

Mexico City, Mexico
US$13 million in new funds for tropical forests

12 November 2005

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO commits another US$10 million for tropical forests

20 December 2004

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO adopts 'simpler' criteria and indicators

18 December 2004

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO to finance more work on sustainable forest management

12 May 2003

Panama City, Panama
Cameroon minister praises ITTO support for Yaoundé process

28 June 2002

Yaoundé, Cameroon
ITTO and ATO strengthen ties

29 May 2001

Yaoundé, Cameroon
Heads of African forestry to consult on sustainable forest management

18 May 2001

Yokohama, Japan
Experts review criteria and indicators processes

24 November 2000

Yokohama, Japan
ITTO offers support for African initiative

20 September 2000

Yokohama, Japan
Policy papers & guidelines
Revised ITTO criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of tropical forests including reporting format

2005

ITTO's criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of natural tropical forest are tools for monitoring, assessment and reporting on forest management in tropical member countries. This 2005 document includes a simplified set of indicators and a shortened format for reporting.
ATO/ITTO principles, criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of African natural tropical forests

2003

A joint publication of ITTO and the African Timber Organization (ATO), this document is designed to guide the African member countries of ATO and ITTO in the sustainable management of their natural tropical forests.
Manual for the application of Criteria & Indicators for sustainable mgmt of natural tropical forests (PS9)

1998
Criteria and indicators for sustainable management of natural tropical forests

July 1998

The purpose of ITTO's criteria and indicators is to provide member countries with an improved tool for assessing changes and trends in forest conditions and management systems at the national and forest management unit levels.
Criteria for the measurement of sustainable tropical forest management (PS3)

1993
ITTO Action Plan: Criteria and Priority Areas for Programme Development and Project Work

1990
Reports
Collaboration among C&I processes

2006

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.
Status of tropical forest management 2005

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.
TFU_Articles
Mapping Mbalmayo Forest

2008 No 2
Meetings

2007 No 2
Recent editions

2007 No 1
Topical and tropical

2007 No 1
Meetings

2007 No 1
ITTO's recently funded projects

2005 No 4
C&I made easier

2005 No 3
From paper to the forest

2005 No 3
Brazil develops national C&I

2005 No 3
On the conference circuit

2005 No 1
Recent editions

2004 No 2
Council’s latest grants

2004 No 1
On the conference circuit

2004 No 1
Repairing the road to SFM

2003 No 4
Training local auditors

2003 No 4
Recent editions

2003 No 4
African principles, criteria and indicators agreed

2003 No 1
Brochures
Measuring up

November 2000

Assessing progress towards sustainable forest management in the tropics.