Tropical Forest Update

Contents

• Promoting SFM in Africa

  

  Photo: M. Mbolo

  An ITTO project develops C&I and manuals for the management of African tropical forests

  By by Richard Eba’a Atyi and Hanna Nikinmaa

• Forest and protected area management in Cameroon

  

  Photo: T.J. Chupezi

  Progress has been significant, but challenges remain

  By by Julius Chupezi Tieguhong and Jean Lagarde Betti

• Improving forest governance in the Republic of Congo

  An ITTO-supported remote sensing project assists mapping and monitoring

  By Benoit Mertens and Pierre Méthot

• Getting Certfied in PNG

  

  Photo: Y. Bun

  An indigenous community attains FSC certification with ITTO assistance

  By By Yati Bun

• Expanding timber species utilization in Guyana

  

  Photo: Demerara Timbers Limited

  An ITTO project helps to increase forest potential through LUS testing and marketing

  By by Pradeepa Bholanath

• Briefing on ITTO’s project work

  The new projects summarized below were financed at the 43rd session of the International Tropical Timber Council.

• Market Trends

  Mortgage meltdowns, monsoons and shipping costs impact tropical timber in last quarter of 2007 and early 2008

  By by Lauren Flejzor

• Fellowship Report

  Two ITTO Fellowship recipients identify trends and developments in African forest management and governance

  By Donatien Nzala and Koffi Effanam Adadji

• Recent Editions

  

  By Edited by Ken Sato

• Topical and Tropical

  

  By Edited by Ken Sato

• Courses

  

• Meetings

  

• ITTO loses a cornerstone

  

  Elena Patricia (‘Patty’) Hanashiro
  26 April 1964 — 10 February 2008

  Elena Patricia (‘Patty’) Hanashiro
  passed away in Vancouver, Canada
  after a battle with breast cancer

• Fellowship report

  

  How well do mangroves planted on ex-agricultural land in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta survive and grow?

  By Maung Maung Than, Yukira Mochida and Motohiko Kogo