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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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| Improved and Diversified Use of Tropical Plantation Timbers in China to Supplement Diminishing Supplies from Natural Forests - PD 69/01 Rev.2 (I) |
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14 November 2008
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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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| 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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| Promotion of the Utilisation of Bamboo from Sustainable Sources in Thailand EX-POST EVALUATION REPORT - PD 56/99 Rev.1 (I) |
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13 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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| 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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| 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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| Technology transfer/commercialization of selected cocowood utilization technologies [PD 17/92 Rev. 4(I)] |
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April 2003
Ex-post evaluation of ITTO project PD 17/92 Rev. 4(I)
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| Utilization, collection and trade of tropical non-wood forest products in the Philippines [PD 15/96 Rev.2 (I,M)] |
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April 2003
Ex-post evaluation of ITTO project PD 15/96 Rev.2 (I,M)
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| Lessons learnt from ex-post evaluation missions carried out by the Committee on Forest Industry [CEM, CFI(XXXII)/5] |
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March 2003
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| Assistance to modernization, restructuring wood based industries in Côte d'Ivoire [PD 109/90 Rev.4 (F,I)] |
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September 2001
Ex-post evaluation of ITTO project PD 109/90 Rev.4 (F,I)
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| ITTO projects implemented in China - PD 20/95 Rev.2 (I); PD 21/95 Rev.2 (I); PD 24/95 Rev.1 (I); PD 3/96 Rev.2 (I); PD 25/96 Rev.2 (M) |
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April 2001
Ex-post evaluation of ITTO projects PD 20/95 Rev.2 (I), PD 21/95 Rev.2 (I), PD 24/95 Rev.1 (I), PD 3/96 Rev.2 (I) and PD 25/96 Rev.2 (M)
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| Strategies for sustainable wood industries in Sarawak [PD 107/90 (I)] |
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April 2001
Ex-post evaluation of ITTO project PD 107/90 (I)
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