This plot in Côte d’Ivoire was established under ITTO project PD 419/06 Rev.3 (F) for the production of improved seeds of acajou (Khaya ivorensis)
Photo: D. Atse/SODEFOR

Teak seedlings at a nursery established under ITTO project PD 419/06 Rev.3 (F) in the classified forest of Téné, Côte d’Ivoire
Photo: D. Atse/SODEFOR

A member of the “Liberdade” forest community in Maués State Forest in the Brazilian Amazon points out a louro tree (Ocotea fragrantissima) during capacity-building activities conducted under ITTO project PD 454/07 Rev.3 (F)
Photo: IPDA

Dr Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO projects manager, measures the height of an angelim vemelho tree (Dinizia excelsa) in Maués State Forest in the Brazilian Amazon during a monitoring mission for ITTO project PD 454/07 Rev.3 (F), which is improving community forest management in the area
Photo: IPDA

Stakeholders in North Bengkulu, Indonesia, practice budding techniques for durian (Durio spp.) as part of ITTO project PD 477/07 Rev.4 (F), which is helping local communities rehabilitate degraded forest lands with promising indigenous tree species
Photo: J. Kapisa

A happy farmer holds a durian fruit (Durio spp.) grown in nearby forest. ITTO project PD 477/07 Rev.4 (F) has distributed planting stock of local species to provide both environmental and economic benefits
Photo: N. Mudiarte

Women carry fruits collected in a forest in Ghana, where ITTO project PD 530/08 Rev.3 (F) is conducting rehabilitation activities
Photo: L. Damnyg/CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Seedlings of ofram (Terminalia superba) and emire (Terminalia ivorensis) are transported for forest rehabilitation as part of activities under ITTO project PD 530/08 Rev. 3 (F)
Photo: L. Damnyg/CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Farmers in the Ntabene community in Ghana plant local tree species and cash crops on degraded land. ITTO project PD 530/08 Rev.3 (F) is helping the community restore and rehabilitate local forest land
Photo: L. Damnyg/CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

The aims of this canoe competition in the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary, Peru, in 2015 and a “treasure hunt” in 2017 were to increase public awareness of the importance of mangroves and to boost tourism in the area as a way of increasing incomes for local communities, as one of the conservation strategies developed under ITTO project PD 601/11 Rev.3 (F)
Photo: ITTO–MDA project

An officer monitors the growth of mangrove seedlings planted as part of restoration efforts in the Estero La Chepa–Corrales Mangrove Conservation Area, Peru under ITTO project PD 601/11 Rev.3 (F)
Photo: ITTO–MDA project

A local man plants mangrove propagules in a degraded mangrove area in Tumbes, Peru, as part of restoration activities under ITTO project PD 601/11 Rev.3 (F)
Photo: ITTO–MDA project

A lantern bug (Pyrops intricata) in the Pulong Tau National Park, Malaysia, where ITTO project PD 635/12 Rev.2 (F) is developing strategies for the sustainable management of the park’s buffer zone
Photo: W. Cluny

Local people living in the buffer zone of Pulong Tau National Park in Malaysia receive training in furniture making as part of activities under ITTO project PD 635/12 Rev.2 (F) designed to improve their livelihoods
Photo: W. Cluny

A local man collects edible bamboo shoots in the buffer zone of the Pulong Tau National Park in Malaysia. ITTO project PD 635/12 Rev.2 (F) is developing strategies to improve the management of this biodiversity-rich forest
Photo: W. Cluny

Team members of ITTO project PD 696/13 Rev.2 (F) head to forests in the Rewa delta on Viti Levu, Fiji
Photo: Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forests

Community members in Viti Levu, Fiji, receive training on forest conservation and sustainable management as part of ITTO project PD 696/13 Rev.2 (F)
Photo: Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forests

A technician collects data on an andalas (Morus macroura), a valuable timber species, in Sumatra, Indonesia. ITTO project PD 710/13 Rev.1 (F) is providing information and methods for its conservation
Photo: FORDA

A local man collects leaves from a giam tree (Cotylelobium melanoxylon) for scientific research into the conservation of this valuable species in Sumatra, Indonesia, as part of ITTO project PD 710/13 Rev.1 (F)
Photo: FORDA

Members of the MALEBI women’s association plant seedlings as part of reforestation activities conducted under ITTO project PD 725/13 Rev.2 (F) in the Ahua Forest Reserve, Côte d’Ivoire, to provide a resource for sustainable woodfuel production
Photo: MALEBI

Women from the MALEBI women’s association carry wood harvested in the Ahua Forest Reserve, Côte d’Ivoire, for charcoal production. ITTO project PD 725/13 Rev.2 (F) is helping the association increase the sustainability of its charcoal supply chain
Photo: MALEBI

This stock of sustainable charcoal was produced by the MALEBI women’s association in Côte d’Ivoire. With support from ITTO project PD 725/13 Rev.2 (F), MALEBI is building local capacity in seedling production, nursery establishment, forest plantation establishment and maintenance, agroforestry and charcoal production
Photo: MALEBI

A local resident navigates his boat through a Ramsar wetland in Benin. ITTO project PD 754/14 Rev.3 (F) is helping in the rehabilitation and sustainable management of sacred forests in Benin’s Ramsar sites 1017 and 1018
Photo: CeSaReN

A forester measures a tree diameter in the Kouzoun sacred forest (Ramsar site 1017) in Benin as part of activities under ITTO project PD 754/14 Rev.3 (F), which is helping in the rehabilitation and sustainable management of two of the country’s Ramsar sites
Photo: CeSaReN

These wooden pallets were processed in Arequipa, Peru, where ITTO project PD 621/11 Rev.3 (M) has helped increase the capacity of small enterprises to track timber from the forest to the marketplace
Photo: CNF/ITTO

This tag on a cumarú tree in the Belgica Native Community in Madre de Dios, Peru, is part of a timber-tracking system established with assistance from ITTO project PD 621/11 Rev.3 (M)
Photo: CNF/ITTO

Forest operators receive theoretical and practical training in reduced impact logging in Peninsular Malaysia, with support from ITTO project PD 722/13 Rev.1 (M)
Photo: Forestry Department, Peninsular Malaysia

ITTO has strengthened the infrastructure of tropical countries for the production of reliable forest statistics. ITTO project PD 692/13 Rev.1 (M) is helping to operationalize a national forest information system in Côte d’Ivoire, including through the installation of computer equipment
Photo: Ministry of Environment, Water and Forest of Côte d’Ivoire

IUCN lists this pink-headed warbler (Cardellina versicolor) as “vulnerable”. It occurs in the highlands of the Tacana volcano area shared by Guatemala and Mexico, where ITTO project PD 668/12 Rev.1 (F) is helping conserve biodiversity and improve management cooperation
Photo: S. Pérez/Helvetas-ITTO

ITTO project PD 668/12 Rev.1 (F) is raising awareness about the importance of conserving tropical forests in the Tacana volcano area, which is shared by Guatemala and Mexico
Photo: Helvetas-ITTO

A project officer opens the door of a bamboo processing unit in Indonesia. Indonesia is building capacity for a sustainable bamboo industry with assistance from ITTO project PD 600/11 Rev.1 (I)
Photo: K. Sato/ITTO

A local entrepreneur displays a bamboo serving tray. Indonesia is building capacity for a sustainable and thriving bamboo industry with assistance from ITTO project PD 600/11 Rev.1 (I)
Photo: K. Sato

Timber operators receive training on timber sorting as part of efforts to improve the performance of the Guatemalan timber industry under ITTO project TFL-PPD 045/13 Rev.2 (M)
Photo: A. Guoron/INAB

ITTO is assisting tropical timber-producing countries—such as Guatemala through ITTO project TFL-PPD 045/13 Rev.2 (M)—to improve the efficiency of their timber processing operations, thereby reducing waste and costs and increasing profitability
Photo: A. Guoron/INAB

A beautiful specimen of Pericopsis elata (afrormosia) stands in the Mpameso Forest Reserve, Ghana. A survey conducted as part of ITTO project TMT-SPD 017/15 Rev.2 (M) revealed that the species is facing local extinction in Ghana. The government has now developed a plan for saving the species
Photo: Nature and Development Foundation/ITTO

Officers of ITTO project TMT-SPD 023/15 Rev.1 (M) visit the showroom of the Hangguan Rosewood Company, where the ornate carving typical of traditional Chinese rosewood furniture is on display. ITTO is building capacity in China to improve understanding of CITES regulations among small enterprises
Photo: Luo Xinjian

This exquisite electric guitar made of angelim rajado (Zygia racemosa), a lesser-used tropical timber, was created by Cosmik Guitar in Lille, France. ITTO project TMT-SPD 010/12 Rev.2 (M) supported the production of an updated edition of the Tropical Timber Atlas to serve as a reference tool for operators in the tropical timber industry worldwide
Photo: Cosmik Guitar

Purpleheart (Peltogyne venosa) timber from Guyana makes a fine boardwalk. This and many other tropical timber species have been fully documented in the latest edition of the Tropical Timber Atlas produced under ITTO project TMT-SPD 010/12 Rev.2 (M)
Photo: Michel Vernay/CIRAD

ITTO project RED-PD 045/11 Rev.2 (M) helped increase knowledge of the economic and environmental importance of tropical forests in southeastern Mexico and their role in sustaining and improving local livelihoods
Photo: G. Sánchez-Vigil

Women dance in a tree nursery in Agadjaligbo, Benin, during a training workshop on ITTO’s criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of tropical forests
Photo: P. Masupa/ITTO

ITTO fellow Darwin R. Paguada (Honduras) examines a wood core taken from a mahogany specimen (Swietenia macrophylla) collected in Nicaragua as part of his field research on modelling the growth rates of valuable timber species
Photo: D. Paguada

ITTO fellow Dao Thi Hoa Hong (centre) and local H’Mong people identify tree species that produce nontimber products in the Ta Xua Nature Reserve, Viet Nam Photo:
Pham Kim Cuong

ITTO Fellow Marthe Kedjeyi enters geographical data into a global positioning system as part of her field training in Togo
Photo: M. Kedjeyi

Researcher Nayara Guimarães applies the MicroPHAZIR portable near-infrared spectroscopy device to a wood sample in a sawmill in Brasilia, Brazil, as part of activities conducted under the ITTO–CITES Programme aimed at improving timber identification and forest governance
Photo: ITTO/LPF

The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) was once widespread in Southeast Asia but is now endangered. Findings on its distribution and population status in the Emerald Triangle, which is shared by Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand, are presented in the recent ITTO publication, The Bright Green Hotspot
Photo: Chheang Dany

The distribution of the endangered pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) is restricted to forests in southeastern Thailand and Cambodia. ITTO has provided support over more than a decade to improve the management of the Emerald Triangle Protected Forest Complex , the outcomes of which are examined in a recent publication in the ITTO Technical Series
Photo: Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre/Forestry Authority/ Wildlife Alliance

Paper-thin veneer of a precious hardwood is applied to a plywood board in a factory in Zhejiang Province, China. ITTO’s Biennial Review of the World Timber Situation 2015–2016 includes a case study on the Chinese plywood and veneer industries
Photo: Yanjie Hu/Chinese Academy of Forestry

ITTO executive director Dr Gerhard Dieterle examines a consignment of certified timber from the Congo at a warehouse in Shanghai, China. Recent market developments are bringing a shift in international timber trade in which proof of sustainable practices and legality is becoming the norm. ITTO is building capacity for, and promoting market acceptance of, sustainable and legally produced tropical timber
Photo: China State Forestry Administration

Local people plant mangrove propagules in a restoration effort in the Mahavavy-Kinkoy Wetland Complex in Madagascar. ITTO convened a ground-breaking conference on sustainable mangrove ecosystems in April 2017 to examine best practices in mangrove management and their role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Photo: Asity

The use of wood in long-term products, such as this house in Honduras, is a way of storing carbon and substituting for other non-renewable building materials. ITTO is promoting the use of legal and sustainably produced timber and harvested wood products, which is crucial for mitigating climate change and stimulating green growth
Photo: G. Dieterle/ITTO