Sustainable Development Goals
Main SDG introduction
World leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a historic UN conference in September 2015. The SDGs call for action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet, thereby recognizing that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies to build economic growth, address social needs, tackle climate change and ensure environmental sustainability.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the sustainable management of productive forests in the tropics, and a sustainable tropical timber trade, can help in meeting future wood demand and achieving the SDGs. ITTO is empowered to promote the expansion of international tropical timber trade from legal and sustainable sources. It is perfectly placed, therefore, to assist countries in their efforts towards all the SDGs, especially SDG 1 (“No poverty”), SDG 12 (“Responsible consumption and production”), SDG 13 (“Climate action”) and SDG 15 (“Life on land”). Some of the ways it is doing this are outlined below.
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Most recent ITTO contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals
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ITTO and IUFRO release learning modules to encourage forest landscape restoration
Quality education Sustainable cities and communities Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goals![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6909_ext_06_0.jpg)
Togolese women are becoming restoration leaders, with ITTO and Soka Gakkai support
No poverty Zero hunger Gender equality Decent work and economic growth Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goals![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6877_ext_06_0.jpg)
More outreach needed for uptake of forest landscape restoration in South America—webinar
No poverty Good health and well-being Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6865_ext_06_0.jpg)
African forest experts endorse “new beginning” for SFM monitoring
Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6839_ext_06_0.png)
Workshop explores key elements of successful forest landscape restoration in Asia-Pacific
No poverty Good health and well-being Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6825_ext_06_0.jpg)
Local livelihoods the key to forest landscape restoration in Central America and Mexico—webinar
No poverty Good health and well-being Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6815_ext_06_0.png)
Demand for wood to surge in India by 2030—new report
Decent work and economic growth Responsible production and consumption Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6776_ext_06_0.jpg)
Webinar explores lessons on fire management in Indonesia
Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6768_ext_06_0.jpeg)
ITTO launches project to improve fire management in Peru
Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6763_ext_06_0.jpg)
ITTO’s Independent Market Monitor renews its website
Responsible production and consumption![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6760_ext_06_0.jpg)
Sustainable wood offers pathway out of crisis towards green economy – Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Responsible production and consumption![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6742_ext_06_0.jpeg)
Doubling of world resource consumption by 2050 shows need for sustainable tropical timber—new report
Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainable cities and communities Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6738_ext_06_0.jpg)
Trade transparency boosted by new conversion factors for tropical timber
Responsible production and consumption![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6732_ext_06_0.jpg)
Forest education needs strengthening to meet global challenges—survey
Quality education Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6640_ext_06_0.png)
ITTO launches e-course on legal, sustainable timber supply chains
Quality education Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6730_ext_06_0.jpg)
International Conference on Forest Education kicks off
Quality education Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6726_ext_06_0.jpg)
Non-timber forest products can increase viability of sustainable forestry, says new study
Zero hunger Responsible production and consumption Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6711_ext_06_0.jpg)
Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, including ITTO, issued a joint statement, “Challenges and Opportunities in Turning the Tide on Deforestation” at the 16th Session of the UN Forum on Forests.
Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goals![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6693_ext_06_0.jpg)
Redesign incentives to encourage SFM, says new study
Decent work and economic growth Climate action Life on land![Thumbnail](/files/topics/6666_ext_21_0.jpg)
Advancing forestry education in the Congo Basin
Quality education Gender equality Industry, innovation and infrastructure