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Nineteen fellowships were awarded by the International Tropical Organization at the 60^th Session of International Tropical Timber Council. The newest group of fellows represents 10 different producer member countries, of which 11 are female fellows.  The total amount of the fellowships was US$131,382.76.

ITTO offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in tropical forestry and related disciplines. The goal is to promote the sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and better economic information about the international trade in tropical timber.

2024 Cycle Fellowship awardees:

Ms. Hemalatha Velappan (India) (002_24A) -- Study Tour: Ground-truth Evaluation of Tectona grandis (Teak) Plantations in Panama  

Mr. Donald James (India) (003_24A) -- Short Training on Next Generation Wood DNA-barcoding and Timber Tracing for Sustainable Forest Management and Trade in Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany

Ms. Cho Cho Naing (Myanmar) (004_24A) -- Master’s Programme in Natural Resources Management (NRM), School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Ms. Corina del Rosario Hidalgo Gonzales (Peru) (007_24A) -- Master’s Program in Tropical Forestry, Technical University of Dresden (Technische Universität Dresden), Germany

Ms. Jeimy Blanco Flórez (Colombia) (020_24A) -- Short Training in the Center for Wood Anatomy Research (CWAR), Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) of the Forest Service, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Madision, USA

Mr. Nguyen Tu Kim (Vietnam) (032_24A) – Short Training on Wood Identification Using Near-infrared (NIR) and Geographical Identification of Wood Origine Using Stable Isotope, Forestry, Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Mr. Pheakkdey Nguon (Cambodia) (035_24A) -- Producing a Manuscript for publication on the functioning of public institutions to implement the EU Deforestation Regulation and its impacts on private sector in Indonesia and Lao PDR

Mr. Badibalaki Tagba (Togo) (036_24A) -- PhD Study on “Agroforestry Parks in Southwest Togo: Agroecology, Carbon Sequestration and Socio-economic Aspects”, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo

Ms. Thinn Thinn (Myanmar) (038_24A) – Preparation/Publication/Dissemination of a document on Assessment of Mangrove Community Forests in Two Townships in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar,

Ms. Ame Guelly (Togo) (039_24A) -- PhD Study in Agriculture Forest Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Ms. Betzy Muñoz Diaz (Peru) (040_24A) -- International Master's Program in Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity in the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica

Ms. Massogble Atindehou (Benin) (042_24A) – Preparation/Publication/Dissemination of a Technical Document: Towards Sustainable Management of Endangered Old Native Trees of Classified Forests of Adakplame and Dogo-Kétou in Benin

Mr. Rodéric Sagbo (Benin) (055_24A) -- Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Training Program in the Doctoral School of Agronomic and Water Sciences, University of Parakou, Benin

Ms. Luisa Fernanda (Colombia) (061_24A) - Post-Graduate Degree Program: Master of Science in Forestry, University of Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia

Ms. Catty Marisela (Peru) (063_24A) -- Designing and Publishing a Digital Publication on “Key factors Limiting and Benefiting Public Procurement of Legal and Sustainable Timber and Wood Products by the Peruvian State”

Mr. Alexandre Monteiro de Carvalho (Brazil) (067_24A) -- Participating in the World Conference on Timber (WCTE 2025) - Advancing Timber for the Future Built Environment, June 22-26 2025, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Ms. María del Carmen (Mexico) (071_24A) -- Publication of a Field Manual for the Community: Mangrove Restoration and Monitoring in Mexico

Mr. Destiny Amoussou (Benin) (073_24A) – Post-Graduate Degree Program: Structural Characteristics, Morphological Variability and Reproduction by Seed of Pericopsis laxifora (Benth ex Baker) Meeuwen (Fabaceae) in University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Mr. Tran Van Sang (Vietnam) (091_24A) -- PhD program in Management of Resources and Environment, University of Science - Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam (The doctoral thesis is on biomass and carbon stocks estimation of mangrove using satellite data and machine learning for payment of forest environment services)