Yokohama, Japan, 22 May 2022: Biodiversity is under threat, with a million species facing extinction. On the International Day for Biological Diversity, it has never been more urgent to enhance the essential role of sustainable forest management (SFM) in safeguarding our precious biota. Read on to learn more about the role ITTO is playing in this essential endeavour in the tropics.

Yokohama, Japan, 19 May 2022: Sustainable tropical forest use can help restore the planet’s environmental balance while enabling people to earn a decent living, including through tropical timber production and trade. This is ITTO’s rationale and the basis for the recently adopted Strategic Action Plan 2022–2026. We outline the plan in the latest edition of the TFU.

Seoul, Republic of Korea, 5 May 2022: ITTO and the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) will intensify their joint work on forest conservation, forest restoration, sustainable forest management, and the sustainable production and consumption of forest products and ecosystem services under a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed today.

Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4 May 2022: With timber—including tropical timber—recognized as an environmentally friendly material and technological advances widening its application, the opportunity to expand the use of sustainable wood has never been greater. So effective advocacy to dispel misperceptions of the tropical timber industry is greatly needed.

Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3 May 2022: ITTO has been promoting sustainable investment in tropical forests for over a decade. However, the increasing importance of forests in overcoming global challenges means that the time to invest is now, according to experts at a special event co-organized by ITTO and partners on day two of the XV World Forestry Congress.

Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2 May 2022: Sustainable financing and cross-sectoral cooperation are crucial for enabling tropical forests to generate decent income compared with other land uses and thus ensure their conservation, according to ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru on the opening day of the XV World Forestry Congress.