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6 October 2020 Yokohama, Japan

ITTO releases guidelines for restoring degraded tropical forest landscapes

1 October 2020

Surge in January and February sawnwood exports lifts Peru’s 1st half earnings. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-30 September 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

16 September 2020

Indian private sector proposes new partnership with government. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 September 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

15 September 2020 Yokohama, Japan

ITTO projects to support forest fire management in Indonesia, Peru

Indonesia fire-prevention project

Peru fire-prevention project

1 September 2020

Blazing first half export performance by Vietnam. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-31 August 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

19 August 2020

Nominations are open for the CPF Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2021. The deadline has been extended to 15 October 2020. The winner to be announced at XV World Forestry Congress next year.

17 August 2020

Import substitution and self-sufficiency the new buzz words. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 August 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

5 August 2020

Brazilian businesses seek sustainable development agenda for Amazon. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-31 July 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

16 July 2020

The value of 2019 EU imports of wooden furniture from outside the bloc topped €7 billion in 2019, 10% more than the previous year. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 July 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

15 July 2020

Air your views on the future of forest education—participate in global survey

7 July 2020 Yokohama, Japan

Build back better—webinar explores role of forest sector in pandemic recovery

Synthesis tehcnical session-Global forest sector and COVID-19

A. Ting, Sarawak Timber Assiciation, Malaysia, Inudstry perspective post-COVID-19

I. Tomaselli, STCP, Brazil, Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America

F. Van de Ven, UFIGA, Gabon, Global forest sector & COVID-19

1 July 2020 Tokyo, Japan

ITTO and Soka Gakkai to help empower women in Togo through forest restoration

1 July 2020

European plywood imports slump. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-30 June 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

29 June 2020

Executive Director publishes paper on wood security

Wood security by Dieterle and Karsenty, International Forestry Review 22-S1

24 June 2020

Article published on site selection for teak plantations in Myanmar

Article on teak site selection in Myanmar’s Taungoo district

17 June 2020

Wood product exporters set to benefit from Vietnam/EU trade deal. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 June 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

5 June 2020

ITTO Fellow and “solutions” journalist Talia Lostaunau-Garcia has published an article on Mongabay Latam, “Peru: the battle to save vicunas from poaching in the midst of the pandemic”. Read Talia’s article (in Spanish)

3 June 2020

The latest Independent Market Monitor (IMM) newsletter is now available.

1 June 2020

No pandemic impact in March EU trade data. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-31 May 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

18 May 2020

Indonesia’s timber legality system remains in force but subject to revision. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 May 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

8 May 2020 Yokohama, Japan

Survey shines light on COVID-19 impacts on tropical timber sector

COVID-19 ITTO–MIS survey

7 May 2020

Recounting an ITTO Fellow’s journey—via “solutions journalism”

1 May 2020

Impact of pandemic on employment and incomes in Malaysia. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-30 April 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

18 April 2020 Yokohama, Japan

Pandemic pandemonium in the tropical timber sector

ITTO MIS Tropical Timber Market Report 24(7)

16 April 2020

Survey - impact of pandemic. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 April 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

8 April 2020 Yokohama, Japan

New joint publication on forest product conversion factors

1 April 2020

Game changing policies in response to corona virus impact. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-31 March 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

21 March 2020 Yokohama, Japan

Tropical forests—the rich home of biodiversity. Celebrating the International Day of Forests

16 March 2020

New record for US hardwood exports to India. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 March 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

3 March 2020

Smallholder teak plantations could be a driver of sustainable development in the lower Mekong

3 March 2020

EU imports of tropical wood products up 7% in 2019. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-29 February 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

17 February 2020

Peru plans to allocate 8 million hectares of natural forest for investors. For this and other timber market news, read the 1-15 February 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

14 February 2020

African mahogany species don't hybridize, says new study

7 February 2020

Seeding equality in the Chimbo River basin

3 February 2020

Housing sales in India fall 30%. For this and other timber market news, read the 16-31 January 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

16 January 2020

Vietnam bans imports of Chinese plywood. For more timber market news, read the 1-15 January 2020 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

19 December 2019 Yokohama, Japan

Side-event explores tropical forest-based solutions to climate change

2 December 2019

Ghana workshop on depots for domestic verified legal timber sales. For more timber market news, read the 16-30 November 2019 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

27 November 2019 Lomé, Togo

Workshop discusses smallholder forest landscape restoration and local development in West Africa

19 November 2019

Transforming Rio Grande do Sul furniture sector. For more timber market news, read the 1-15 November 2019 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.

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