Tropical Forest Update
Issue 30 No. 2
Looking for the money tree
Sustainable forestry has always struggled to remunerate forest owners and managers as liberally as various forms of agriculture on the same land might do. Growing trees is a relatively slow business, and managing natural forests sustainably for their many values, including timber, is complex. Nevertheless, the wider benefits of forests, especially natural forests, for local people, nations and the planet are so vast that we must do our best to retain them in a world in which money talks loudly. In this edition of the TFU, we feature recent studies looking at ways to increase the income that tropical forests generate.
Local collectors in the Bolivian Amazon hold recently harvested wild cacao fruit. Photo: © Simon Opladen/Helvetas
Contents
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Editorial
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What lies ahead for the tropical timber sector?
by Held, Meier-Landsberg, AlonsoA new ITTO report analyzes the supply of and demand for tropical timber to 2050 and its contributions to a sustainable economy. -
Incentivizing sustainable forest management
by KarsentyEcological taxation and other incentives could greatly increase the uptake of sustainable forest management in the tropics. -
Helping lesser-used species go mainstream
by MendietaPromoting the greater use of lesser-used timber species could help achieve sustainability in the moist forests of Honduras. -
The case for multiple-use forest management that includes non-timber products
by Blaser, Frizzo, NorgroveA literature review published recently by ITTO and the Precious Forests Foundation examines the benefits and challenges of managing for non-timber forest products in tropical production forests. -
Getting DNA tracking cherry-ripe for forests
by HicksonA new phase has commenced of an ITTO project that has helped create a test-and-trace system to cut illegal exports of African cherry bark. -
Fellowship report
by Tiesse, Wandan and TraAn ITTO Fellow and his colleagues used remote sensing and a geographic information system to map water-erosion sensitivity in the mountainous Tonkpi region in Côte d’Ivoire. -
Market trends
by ZhuThere was considerable fluctuation in China’s log and sawnwood imports in 2020. -
Tropical and topical
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Recent editions
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Meetings
Local collectors in the Bolivian Amazon hold recently harvested wild cacao fruit. Photo: © Simon Opladen/Helvetas
Full edition
The ITTO Tropical Forest Update is published quarterly in English, French and Spanish.
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