Yokohama, 9 February 2026: You are invited to join and participate in the 7th webinar of the ITTO-BMLEH Teak and Other Valuable Species Plantations Project. The theme of this webinar is "Legality of Timber Supply Chains: Experiences and Practices in the Tropics". It will take place virtually on Friday 20 February 2026 at 7:00 AM GMT/4:00 PM JST.

Yokohama, 2 February 2026 —This year’s World Wetlands Day, celebrated on 2 February under the theme “Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage,” invites the world to look beyond narrow economic metrics and recognize the deep, often overlooked value of wetlands — and the wisdom of the people who have long stewarded them. On Mexico’s Gulf Coast, in the state of Veracruz, this idea has been at the heart of ITTO’s work.
 

Bangkok, 2 February 2026 —The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) joined other partners and participants in the region to highlight the opportunities and challenges in mobilizing and leveraging forest finance during the Asia–Pacific Regional Workshop on Forest Financing, hosted by the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) from 20 to 23 January 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.
 

Yokohama, 21 January 2026 — Digitalization, technology adoption, and sustainable transportation are key to improving efficiency in tropical timber supply chains, a Kasetsart University academic said during a recent ITTO webinar. 
 

Yokohama, 20 January 2026 —Timber industries in many countries are navigating operational headwinds while actively pursuing breakthroughs in export diversification, according to the latest Global Timber Index (GTI) Report. 
 

Yokohama, 14 January 2026 — A sustainable tropical timber sector can be achieved through the combined and cumulative impact of many related advances rather than a single dramatic leap. This edition of Tropical Forest Update explores how stakeholders across the sector are taking essential steps—sometimes under difficult circumstances—to ensure that tropical forests continue to thrive, provide livelihoods and environmental benefits for generations to come.