Actualités des Forêts Tropicales

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• Editorial

• From the Executive Director

   par Dieterle
  ITTO is well-placed to help countries shift to greener, more inclusive economies by restoring and sustainably managing tropical forests and benefiting from their sustainable products and ecosystem services.

• Vacancy announcement—ITTO Executive Director

• Cocoa warms to REDD+ in Ghana

   par Oduro, Damnyag and Foli
  An ITTO project has helped develop sustainable options for REDD+ outside forest reserves, with a focus on local livelihoods and shade-grown cocoa.

• Putting teak in the right place

   par Htoo, Trisurat, Hlaing, Naing Oo,Ma and Yanuariadi
  An ITTO project has conducted a first assessment of suitable areas for teak plantation establishment in Myanmar’s Bago Yoma region.

• The future is NOW

   par Kanashiro
  This unexpected pandemic shows the need to increase resilience in tropical forests, communities and the forest sector—and the time to do it is now.

• Creating forest from wasteland

   par Dugaya, Singh Rana, Singh Negi, Pratap Singh and Chaudhry
  A study reveals that an ecosystem restoration endeavour in Bhopal, India, has turned degraded dry scrub into a vibrant urban forest.

• Council reviews impacts of pandemic on tropical forest sector

   par ITTO Secretariat
  The Chairperson of the 56th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council says that ITTO is well-placed to assist the tropical forest sector recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

• Fellowship report

   par Saha Tchinda and Ndikontar
  Wood chemists in Cameroon have produced a promising composite product combining ayous and iroko wood waste with recycled polyvinyl chloride.

• Market trends

   par Adams
  How quickly will timber export markets recover?

• Tropical and topical

   par Sato

• Recent editions

   par Sato

• Meetings