ITTO dispatches technical missions to member countries, on request, to help identify the factors that most severely limit progress towards ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management and to formulate action plans to overcome these constraints.
Mission reports
Mission reports
Achieving ITTO Objective 2000 and Sustainable Forest Management - Diagnostic Mission Report on Cameroon
Mission en appui au Gouvernement de la Côte d’Ivoire en vue d’atteindre l’Objectif 2000 de l’OIBT et l’aménagement forestier durable
| Published : | May 2009 |
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MISSION D’APPUI AU GOUVERNEMENT DU TOGO EN VUE D’ATTEINDRE L’OBJECTIF 2000 DE L’OIBT DANS LE CADRE DE LA GESTION DURABLE DES FORETS
| Published : | May 2009 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Nigeria
| Published : | October 2007 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Papua New Guinea
| Published : | April 2007 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in India
| Published : | October 2006 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Thailand
One of this mission's recommendations is to develop national criteria and indicators through a broad-based participatory process, which has the potential to serve as a critical element in developing a shared vision among stakeholders about how the country's national forests should be managed.
| Published : | October 2006 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Mexico
Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Liberia
This mission recommended that ITTO actions should focus on four main areas: improving knowledge about the forest resource and its utilization; capacity building; pilot preparation of a sustainable forest management plan; and supporting real participation of local communities in the management and use of forest resources.
| Published : | June 2005 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Gabon
| Published : | April 2005 |
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Consecución del Objetivo 2000 y la ordenación forestal sostenible en Panamá
This mission recommended, among other things, the creation of a 'dialogue forum' for sustainable forest management at a ministerial level that would involve civil society, academia and representatives from the Comarcas.
| Published : | December 2004 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Cambodia
A limited number of carefully monitored industrial-scale concessions linked to efficient processing capacities and providing high local value added would help maximize the benefit of the timber industry to Cambodian society, according to this report.
| Published : | December 2004 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Republic of the Fiji Islands
One of this mission's recommendations was to raise landowners' awareness of the long-term benefits that sustainable forest management can bring through such actions as firmly supporting, ensuring the continuation, and expanding the scope of the ITTO landowner-awareness program.
| Published : | November 2004 |
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Consecución del Objetivo 2000 y la ordenación forestal sostenible en Ecuador
According to the report of this mission, the Government of Ecuador should give priority to two main issues: strengthening and modernizing the institutional framework affecting the forest sector, and improving cooperation between the public and private sectors.
| Published : | June 2004 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Philippines
This mission made a wide range of recommendations, including for ITTO to support the Philippines in developing multi-stakeholder approaches to total watershed planning in an effort to reduce resource-use conflicts and to provide a supportive land-use context for sustainable forest management.
| Published : | October 2003 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Peru
This mission recommended, among other things, the comprehensive valuation of Peru's forest resources and the communication of this value to decision-makers, especially the national congress, in order to improve the profile of the forest sector in the country's macroeconomic landscape.
| Published : | October 2003 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Suriname
One of this mission's many recommendations was that the government should immediately initiate a dialogue with the tribal communities in the interior of the country and develop an approach to determining land-tenure rights.
| Published : | September 2003 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Guyana
According to this mission, the Guyanese timber industry should use labour-intensive, low-technology approaches to timber extraction based on mobile sawmills and improved chainsaw conversion and, with ITTO assistance, should reorient its approach to marketing.
| Published : | April 2003 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Trinidad and Tobago
This mission recommended, among other things, that ITTO support a project in Trinidad & Tobago to help strengthen the capacity of the Forest Department to carry out a multi-stakeholder, multi-resource assessment of the country's forests.
| Published : | April 2003 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Brazil
ITTO should focus its assistance to Brazil on, among other things, creating a critical mass of trainers, trained staff and workers with the skills needed to implement sustainable forest management.
| Published : | September 2002 |
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Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Central African Republic
Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in the Congo
Achieving sustainable forest management in Indonesia
Review of progress towards the Year 2000 Objective
Promotion of Sustainable Forest Management in Sarawak, Malaysia
This mission overall assessment regarding the sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources as well as the maintenance of the ecological balance in Sarawak, Malaysia was that it was only partly achieved. It notes that firm government support is required for better sustainable forestry.
| Published : | 1990 |
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