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28 October 2016

Madagascar has ratified the International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006, thus increasing ITTO membership to 73, the largest ever.

18 October 2016

ITTO and Korea Forest Service strengthen partnership

17 October 2016

ITTO annual report 2015 is now available.

Protecting rosewood. Read the MIS report.

14 October 2016

Former ITTO Conservation Officer, John Leigh, is appointed Head of the Peruvian Forest Service.

7 October 2016

ITTO–CITES Programme in the spotlight

1. ITTO-CITES Program Overview COP 17 Oct 16

2. ITTO-CITES Activities in Cameroon

3. ITTO-CITES in Indonesia

4. Using Near Infrared technology for monitoring of mahogany in Brazil

5. ITTO – CITES Programme contributions in Peru

6. Establishment of a fully documented reference sample collection for CITES-listed Dalbergia species

3 October 2016

ITTO and TRAFFIC strengthen partnership

African Development Bank funds public/private forestry project. Read the MIS report.

26 September 2016

Investment in veneer plants in Gabon. Read the MIS report.

13 September 2016

ITTO releases new edition of C&I

1 September 2016

Indonesia to ship first FLEGT licensed wood products in November. Read the MIS report

New video posted on “Sustainable Forest Management in Guatemala” from project TFL-PD 024/10 Rev.2 (M)

18 August 2016

ITTO projects share experiences on timber tracking at APEC

ITTO's work in promoting legality and traceability of timber_APEC_Aug2016

Electronic timber traceability system of Guatemala - LSiney_Aug2016

Genetic timber verification - HBouda_Aug2016

Scientific verification in timber supply chains - ALowe_Aug2016

Tropical Forest Update goes mobile

2 August 2016

JLR says - International NGOs demanding only verified legal wood be imported into Japan. Read the MIS report.

26 July 2016

Celebrating International Day of Mangroves with a new publication

1 July 2016

Brexit to impact tropical imports in the short term. Read the MIS report.

29 June 2016

The latest ITTO-CITES Programme newsletter is now available.

30 June 2016

New videos on ecosystem services of the tropical coastal forests of the Gulf of Mexico

28 June 2016

Update on ITTO financial impairments

23 June 2016

ITTO contributes in strengthening integrated fire management in the tropical forests of Panama

Guatemala’s timber tracking systems developed with ITTO support highlighted at international workshop

20 June 2016

Research paper of ITTO funded project on “Regaining the traditional use of wildlife in wetlands on the coastal plain of Veracruz, Mexico” has been published in the ‘Regional Environmental Change’ journal

17 June 2016

Japanese importers review plywood business trends. Read the MIS report.

15 June 2016

New video posted for ITTO project TFL-SPD 028/12 "Empowering civil society organization and other non-state actors to effectively contribute to forest law compliance in Ghana"

Tropical plywood market share falls to all time low in EU. Read the MIS report

A timber news website service is copying material from our free Market Information Service Report and asking subscribers to their website to pay for this. Read the MIS report.

13 May 2016

Keeping timber trade legal, Malaysia’s customs officers given a helping hand

12 May 2016

The French version of the April MIS (MNS) has been published as an output of PD700/13.

Myanmar mulls log harvesting ban. Read the MIS report.

28 April 2016

Indonesia and EU ready to move on FLEGT licensing

Improving forest products statistics in the Caribbean

Large Malaysian ply-mill to cut shipments to Japan. Read the MIS report.

13 April 2016

New publications to assist in restoring coastal forests in Mexico

12 April 2016

The French version of the March MIS (MNS) has been published as an output of PD700/13.

6 April 2016

Vale Professor Duncan Poore, a giant of tropical forestry

5 April 2016

ITTO/CBD Collaborative Initiative convenes conference on biodiversity in Mekong subregion

4 April 2016

Gabon introduces restrictions on air dry sawnwood exports. Read the MIS report.

31 March 2016

Training provided under ITTO funded project PD 600/11 for the sustainable utilization of bamboos in Bali, Indonesia highlighted in the Jakarta Post

24 March 2016

US$2.7 million pledged for tropical forests

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