[ITTC61] Civil Society Advisory Group Panel Discussion
Advancing Sustainable Tropical Forest Management: Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihoods under the ITTA and Global Biodiversity Framework

Join ITTO for a Panel Discussion with the Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG).

Date: 28 October 2025
Time: 09:00 – 11:00 
Location: Hotel El Panama - Panama City, Panama

Speakers:

• Fany González (Office of the Environment of Indigenous Peoples, Ministry of Environment in Panama)
Chair's remarks

• Karen Noboa (TRAFFIC International)
International Timber/NTFP Trade and its Implications for Biodiversity: Challenges and Opportunities

• Rose Pélagie Masso (African Women's Network for Community Forest Management [REFACOF])
Global Biodiversity Framework and the role of women in Sustainable Forest Management: Cases from Cameroon, Togo and Benin

• Christine Wulandari (FKKM, Indonesia)
Community-Based Landscape Approaches to Biodiversity and Livelihoods: A Model from Indonesia

• Ramón Chiari (Forestry Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Panama)
Sustainable Forest Management in Panama's Production Forests: A Model for Conservation and Improvement of Livelihoods in Indigenous Territories

• Fernanda Rodrigues (UNFF Women Major Group, Brazil)
Forests in the Global Biodiversity Agenda: Insights from UNFF Major Groups at CBD SBSTTA-27

• CSAG Statement

The full discussion will be shared via ITTO's YouTube channel following the event. 

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