Side Event on the ITTO-CITES Programme for Implementing CITES Listings of Tropical Tree Species

Side Event on the ITTO-CITES Programme for Implementing CITES Listings of Tropical Tree Species

Date & venue: 8 March 2013, Bangkok, Thailand


Side Event on the ITTO-CITES Programme for Implementing CITES Listings of Tropical Tree Species

8 March 2013, 12:30-14:00 (during the CITES CoP16)
Room 2, Queen Sirikit Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Agenda:
•Introduction and opening speeches from John Scanlon, CITES Secretary General, and Emmanuel Ze Meka, ITTO Executive Director
•Viewing of the ITTO-CITES video on community forest management in Cameroon and Peru
•Panel discussion:
• Introduction to the ITTO-CITES Programme for Implementing CITES Listing of Tropical Tree Species
• Success stories and lessons learned from the ITTO-CITES programme
• Impact on the work of the Scientific Review Group of the European Commission
• Question and answer session

Contact

Steve Johnson
johnson@itto.int