Yokohama, 28 July 2021: An ITTO project was officially launched recently with the aim of tackling the threat of wildfire in Peru through integrated fire management.

Yokohama, 27 July 2021: In a joint communiqué issued in May 2021, the G7 Ministers responsible for Climate and Environment committed to working with ITTO to increase support for sustainable supply chains that decouple agriculture from deforestation and forest degradation.

Yokohama, Japan, 26 July 2021: ITTO’s Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has launched a new website featuring a clean, contemporary design that improves the user experience and increases the accessibility of trade data and market information relevant to Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) between the European Union (EU) and partner countries.

Yokohama, 19 July 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to turn the tide on deforestation and increase the sustainable production and consumption of timber and wood products, according to panelists at a virtual event convened by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) as part of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

Yokohama, 2 July 2021: Global resource use could double by 2050, representing an opportunity for tropical timber producers, according to a study published by ITTO today. It forecasts that tropical industrial roundwood production will increase substantially by mid-century but says the sector needs a boost if it is to maximize its contribution to carbon-neutral production.

Yokohama, 28 June 2021: ITTO has published a report designed to improve the accuracy of reported trade volumes for tropical primary wood products by deriving “conversion factors”—ratios used to covert one form of measure to another—for tropical logs and sawnwood and thereby increase transparency in the tropical wood products trade.