Tropical Forest Update
Issue 29 No. 3
From liability to asset
Interest in forest landscape restoration (FLR) has grown enormously in recent years, partly because it is an inclusive approach with widespread benefits and partly because of the vast area of degraded land in need of urgent restoration. An estimated 930 million hectares of forest lands in the tropics is degraded. Although this is alarming, it also represents an opportunity to “build back better”, make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (life on land) and facilitate the implementation of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which starts next year. This edition of the TFU presents new ITTO guidelines to assist in implementing FLR and illustrates how it can be applied.
A healthy forest landscape in the Alto Vale do Itajaí region, Brazil. Photo: © Wigold Schaffer
Contents
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Editorial
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From the Executive Director
by DieterleHealthy, resilient and productive tropical forest landscape restoration will help countries and communities achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. -
Reversing degradation—landscape by landscape
by Blaser and SabogalNew guidelines on forest landscape restoration in the tropics will elevate this emerging practice to a higher level of understanding and application. -
Encouraging farmers to plant trees in their savannas
by Rollinson, Ma, Turia, Kaip and AgaruAn ITTO project in Papua New Guinea has created a model reforestation framework to address key constraints to community reforestation. -
Growing knowledge on dry forests in Peru
by Santivañez and Palomares De Los SantosAn ITTO project has helped increase awareness about the threats facing this important forest type. -
Thailand’s criteria and indicators for planted and community forests
by Boonsermsuk, Kalyawongsa and MaNew tools will enable smallholders to pursue good forest governance and engage with the legal timber trade. -
Fellowship report
by Ana Luiza Violato Espada and Karen A. KainerAn ITTO Fellowship in the Brazilian Amazon has helped a doctoral researcher organize a community exchange among users of six sustainable-use forests and promote social learning on community-based forest management. -
Market trends—Compliance courses for North American importers
by SquiresTraining offered by the International Wood Products Association is helping importers and producers develop processes for meeting legality requirements. -
Market trends—Assisting the development of the tropical wood sector.
by Jobbe-DuvalThe International Tropical Timber Technical Associatio
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Tropical and topical
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Recent editions
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Meetings
A healthy forest landscape in the Alto Vale do Itajaí region, Brazil. Photo: © Wigold Schaffer
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