Actualités des Forêts Tropicales

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• Editorial

• From biodiversity to wood-based bioenergy: unlocking the benefits of tropical forests

   par ITTO Secretariat
  At the 18th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests,
  ITTO advocated for urgently needed significant investment to
  enable sustainable forestry to deliver big economic, social and
  environmental benefits.

• Building a blockchain-based international tracking system for sustainable timber

   par Qian, Xinjian and Yinfeng
  An ITTO initiative has tested the use of blockchain technology
  to trace logs and other wood products from the forest to the
  mill and on to the final market.

• Identifying high-risk timber exports from Viet Nam to Japan

   par Fujisaki, To and Yamanoshita
  An ITTO-backed study has explored how to identify high-risk
  species in timber products exported from Viet Nam to Japan,
  including those using timber originating in other countries.

• The growth of timber legality verification in China

   par Samejima
  China’s revised Forest Law is encouraging the country’s wood
  industry to become more sustainable.

• Identifying alternative timber species in Mozambique

   par Mucudos
  An ITTO Fellow pinpointed tree species with the potential to substitute for overexploited mainstays of the local timber industry.

• Market trends

   par Adams
  A forecast future shortage of timber, especially wood for construction, could have its greatest impact in developing economies.

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