Samarkand, 28 November 2025 — The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)’s Director of Trade and Industry, Mohammed Nurudeen Iddrisu, underscored the importance of strong collaboration between ITTO and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) during the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (COP20), held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Belém, 27 November 2025 — The use of sustainable wood provides steady income for forest communities, supports their wellbeing, and helps keep forest resources healthy over time. Sustainable wood also stores carbon both in tropical forests, and in the wood products that come from them. This side event, co-organized by the ITTO and the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), highlighted practical climate-smart initiatives that improve livelihoods through sustainable forest management.
 

Belém, 21 November 2025 — ITTO actively contributed to a full day of high-level engagements and technical discussions at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP30), emphasizing that sustainably managed tropical forests are indispensable to global climate and development goals. The Organization’s participation on 18 November showcased its leadership in sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics, responsible forest-based value chains, wildfire resilience and global partnerships.
 

Belém, 20 November 2025 — Forests, agroforestry and blue carbon ecosystems took centre stage at an event held at the Japan Pavilion during COP30, where experts and officials from Japan and Brazil showcased how land and ocean sectors can drive global progress toward the 1.5°C goal. 
 

Belém, 20 November 2025 —The vital importance of forests in both mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis took centre stage at a seminar entitled “Roles of Forests in Climate Crisis”, held on 14 November 2025 at the Japan Pavilion during the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 
 

Yokohama, 19 November 2025 — The timber sector in Brazil returned to growth in October 2025 amid broadly subdued sentiment in many countries, according to the latest Global Timber Index (GTI) Report. The ITTO-supported GTI tracks the performance of the timber sector in pilot countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.