Tropical Forest Update
Issue 34 No. 3/4
Ingredients for a sustainable tropical timber sector
A sustainable tropical timber sector can be achieved through the combined and cumulative impact of many related advances rather than a single dramatic leap. Each advancement in governance or management practices, each innovation in genetics and processing, and each expansion of market knowledge brings our objective closer. This edition of Tropical Forest Update explores how stakeholders across the sector are taking these essential steps—sometimes under difficult circumstances—to ensure that tropical forests continue to thrive, provide livelihoods and environmental benefits for generations to come.
The articles in this issue illustrate a sector that embodies adaptive improvement. From renegotiating international frameworks to implementing second-phase projects, from revitalizing dormant institutions to tracking evolving market dynamics, the work of building sustainability proceeds through patient, iterative and continuous effort.
A pile of tropical timber logs in a logyard in Nilambur, India – symbolizing the building blocks of a sustainable tropical timber sector. © Paula Sarigumba/ITTO
Contents
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Editorial
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Members keep ITTO on course
by ITTO SecretariatThe International Tropical Timber Council has backed the Organization’s new work programme and taken steps toward a new international agreement for the tropical timber trade -
Brainstorming for sustainable teak
by S. Sandeep and M.P. SreelakshmyThe 5th World Teak Conference bundled wide-ranging expertise to explore key issues facing the development of the sustainable teak sector -
Putting an Indonesian biosphere reserve on a sustainable track
by Dyah Puspasari, Dodi Sumardi, Dana Apriyanto, Uus Danu Kusumah, Abiyyu M. Haris, and Tian PartianiAn ITTO project has bolstered management plans, institutional capacity, and stakeholder engagement to protect the peat swamp forests of the Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve -
Tropical timber: a trade under pressure
by Frances Maplesden and Jean-Christophe ClaudonITTO’s recently published biennial review of global tropical timber markets found signs of stress at many points along global supply chains -
Lesser-used timber species: A pathway through global trade turbulence
by Mohammed Nurudeen IddrisuThe ITTO Director of Trade and Industry promotes the expanded use and deeper exploration of the untapped potential of lesser-used tropical timber species. -
Market trends
Only an upturn in Chinese domestic consumption can drive a recovery of tropical timber imports into this key global market -
Tropical and topical
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Recent editions
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Events
A pile of tropical timber logs in a logyard in Nilambur, India – symbolizing the building blocks of a sustainable tropical timber sector. © Paula Sarigumba/ITTO
Full edition
The ITTO Tropical Forest Update is published quarterly in English, French and Spanish.
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