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Fighting back against desertification and drought

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.

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Trade can support conservation of mahogany and other valuable tree species

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.

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G7 countries to accelerate decoupling of trade and deforestation, encourage sustainable tropical...

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.

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Peru’s private sector proposes forest-sector reforms

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.

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Singing from the treetops on World Environment Day—local people can create renewable resources

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.

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ITTO to concentrate efforts on four priorities in new action plan

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.

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2022/06/17Surge in China’s log imports from PNG and Solomon Islands. but overall log imports drop. Read the 1-15 June 2022 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report for this and other timber market news. 2022/06/17Fighting back against desertification and drought 2022/06/10G7 countries to accelerate decoupling of trade and deforestation, encourage sustainable tropical forestry through ITTO 2022/06/09Peru’s private sector proposes forest-sector reforms 2022/06/07A new edition of the Teak Mekong newsletter from the ITTO funded project “Enhancing conservation and sustainable management of teak forests and legal and sustainable wood supply chains in the Greater Mekong Sub-region” is now available. 2022/06/05Singing from the treetops on World Environment Day—local people can create renewable resources 2022/06/01ITTO to concentrate efforts on four priorities in new action plan
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21–23 June 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (by invitation only) ITTO eventValidation Workshop on Agarwood 29-30 June 2022, Hybrid (IPB Convention Center-Bogor and online) ITTO eventNational Seminar on Forest and Land Fire Prevention: Policy, Social Approach, Technological Innovation. 5-8 September 2022, Accra, Ghana ITTO event4th World Teak Conference 2022 7–12 November 2022, Yokohama, Japan ITTO event58th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council and Sessions of the Associated Committees 26 June–1 July 2022, Durham, USAFoliar, Shoot, Stem and Rust Diseases of Trees
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