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.
Select one or multiple SDGs below to see ITTO’s contributions towards achieving them.
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The increased consumption of sustainable wood products can provide many economic, social and environmental benefits. ITTO is addressing responsible consumption and production by, for example, helping:
- Private-sector companies adopt legal and sustainable supply and production systems.
- Build capacities among small and medium-sized enterprises to better understand and conform with the regulations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
- Develop national timber-tracking systems to ensure legality.
- Monitor the implementation of timber legality assurance schemes and the development of forest certification.
- Increase transparency in the tropical timber trade, including through the Tropical Timber Market Report (published every two weeks) and the Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation.
Related ITTO contributions for the selected Sustainable Development Goal(s)
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New report on trends in tropical wood sector finds huge change since 1990—and remarkable resilience
Decent work and economic growth Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumptionGlobal timber forum launches action framework for legal and sustainable timber supply chains
No poverty Quality education Gender equality Decent work and economic growth Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goalsAt APEC forum, ITTO calls for more investment in traceability innovation to support sustainable use
Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landInternational Youth Day: how ITTO is tapping the energy and skills of young people to further sustainable tropical forestry
Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Life on landITTO-supported drive for sustainable teak in focus at IUFRO congress
No poverty Responsible production and consumption Life on land Partnerships for the goalsITTO video highlights community forestry success in the Amazon to mark International Day of the Tropics
No poverty Gender equality Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goalsCapacity building needed urgently in Africa to avoid detrimental impacts of timber trade measures
No poverty Decent work and economic growth Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goalsProducers and consumers must share the cost of SFM, says Executive Director
Decent work and economic growth Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landITTO backs call to “restore the planet” in support of Mother Earth
No poverty Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landSustainable tropical wood can contribute to decarbonize societies, Executive Director tells policy dialogue
Affordable and clean energy Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goalsITTO, FAO, Government of Mexico collaborate to help build statistics capacity in Mesoamerica
Decent work and economic growth Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Partnerships for the goalsITTO Executive Director lauds strong partnership with CITES on World Wildlife Day
Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Life on land Partnerships for the goalsITTO–CITES cooperation on tree species listings should continue, says Executive Director
Responsible production and consumption Life on land Partnerships for the goalsITTO releases latest report on world timber situation, showing surge in furniture exports
Responsible production and consumption Life on landMaking the link between sustainable forest management and cleaner air
No poverty Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landITTO encourages sustainable wood use at meeting of APEC Expert Group
Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landNew video shows how sustainable forestry works
Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goalsSide-event hosted by ITTO and Teaknet examines challenges and opportunities for boosting teak value
Affordable and clean energy Decent work and economic growth Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landITTO project releases app for calculating timber volumes in products using smartphones
Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on landNew video shows how communities are implementing sustainable forest management in the Amazon
No poverty Gender equality Responsible production and consumption Climate action Life on land Partnerships for the goals