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Forest value chains can contribute to many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including by creating jobs, empowering women and helping mitigate climate change, according to experts speaking at an ITTO technical session on 1 October 2019 during the XXV IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil.
 

The sustainable management of teak (Tectona grandis) forests in the Mekong Basin will create jobs for young people, generate income for smallholders and help in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to participants in a regional workshop on teak forests held on 24–27 September in Yangon, Myanmar.

A sustainable forest management (SFM) model focused on a high-value species is bringing important benefits for local people in Tanzania and helping ensure a long-term future for forests and communities, according to Nakai Kazushi from Yamaha Corporation.

Consumer markets are increasingly demanding proof of timber legality, but Congo Basin countries still lack sufficient qualified people to put sustainability and legality measures in place, according to Claude Kachaka Sudi, Regional Coordinator of the Network of Central African Forestry and Environmental Training Institutions (RIFFEAC).

Women in Africa continue to face huge challenges but can play powerful roles in restoring landscapes, alleviating poverty and mitigating climate change, according to Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet, Founder and President of the African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF). Ms Ndjebet was speaking at an ITTO side-event at TICAD 7 in Yokohama, Japan, last month.