[COP30] Sustainable wood, forests and livelihoods’ contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation

The use of sustainable wood provides income and livelihoods to forest communities, contributes to their wellbeing, the sustainable conservation of the resource base while simultaneously sequesters/locks carbon in both tropical forests and in wood products.

This side-event co-organized by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) will showcase climate-smart initiatives on improved livelihoods through sustainable forest management and will discuss lessons learned and best practices for further application in the tropics. 

Programme:

Opening Remarks
Sheam Satkuru - Executive Director, ITTO

Contributions of forest ecosystem functions to tackling interrelated global challenges
Kazuki Miyamoto - Center for Biodiversity and Climate Change, FFPRI

Conservation timber and the future of urban wood construction in the tropics
Scott Francisco - CEO, Pilot Projects Design Collective

Community Tropical Forest Management: Challenges and research prospects in the Brazilian Amazon
Lucas José Mazzei de Freitas - Embrapa Amazônia Oriental

How Certified Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests Can Transform the Reality of Forest Communities – A Real Case from the Brazilian Amazon
Jeanicolau Simone de Lacerda - Chair, PEFC Brazil / Chair, ATIBT

Women at the bedside of the planet: the REFACOF experience
Rose Pélagie MASSO - Cameroon Ecology

Machine learning for cropland fire CO₂ emission 
El Khalil Cherif - MARETEC-LARSYS / University of Lisboa

Q&A

Concluding remarks
Sheam Satkuru - Executive Director, ITTO