Yokohama, Japan, 17 June 2022: Women in Togo and communities in Papua New Guinea and Peru are restoring degraded drylands and helping drought-proof communities with assistance from ITTO. We highlight this work to promote the important messages of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

Yokohama, Japan, 16 June 2022: The conservation of high-value timber and other forest products will be more successful when sustainable trade produces decent returns for forest owners and managers, argues ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru in an opinion piece published recently on Mongabay.

Yokohama, 10 June 2022: The G7 Ministers responsible for Climate, Energy and the Environment have agreed to accelerate the transition to sustainable supply chains that decouple trade and agricultural production from deforestation and forest degradation and to promote sustainably produced wood and wood products, including through ITTO, according to a joint communiqué released on 27 May 2022 in Berlin.

Yokohama, Japan, 9 June 2022: Peru’s Forestry Chamber has released a new publication, developed with ITTO support, that takes stock of recent developments in the country’s legal framework and makes proposals to modernize the forest sector and increase its capacity to meet current and future challenges.

Yokohama, Japan, 5 June 2022: An ITTO project in Sulawesi, Indonesia, has increased awareness among farmers of the benefits of a sustainable wood supply using planted native trees. It’s a functioning example of ITTO’s approach to tropical forest conservation and sustainable use aimed at producing positive outcomes for people and the environment, presented here to celebrate World Environment Day.

01 June 2022, Yokohama, Japan: ITTO’s work over the next five years will focus on four key areas – (1) governance and investment; (2) economies and tropical timber trade; (3) resilience, restoration and conservation; and (4) statistics and information. These strategic priorities are set out in the Organization’s Strategic Action Plan 2022–2026, which was published today.