Tropical Forest Update

Contents

• Subsidy or incentive?

  

  Photo: A. Sarre

  The detailed analysis of subsidies affecting the tropical forest sector requires a well-thought-out framework

  By Alberto Goetzl

• Where is procurement heading?

  

  Photo: H. Rubin/ITTO

  Governments and importers are busy devising and implementing policies for timber purchasing. They should coordinate their efforts

• Timber on the high seas

  ITTO and partners are investigating ways to reduce illegality in the transportation of timber

• What next for Asia-Pacific?

  An FAO study has been launched to help understand the changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific forestry sector and the options available for the future

  By CTS Nair

• Developing a sustainable trade

  An ITTO project in the Brazilian Amazon succeeded in its aim of increasing trade in sustainably produced timber, but it could have done better

  By Enrique Toledo

• Building the capacity for SFM

  

  An ITTO project has initiated a process to provide more information and training on sustainable forest management in the Peruvian Amazon

  By Miguel Ocampo and Carlos Linares

• How to handle a hotspot

  

  Photo: L. Benites

  An ITTO project has initiated processes for the conservation and sustainable development of a transboundary conservation area on the border between Bolivia and Peru

  By Lucas Benites and Clea Paz

• Out on a limb

  The SFM conundrum

  By Alf Leslie

• Fellowship report

  

  How well do mangroves planted on ex-agricultural land in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta survive and grow?

  By Maung Maung Than, Yukira Mochida and Motohiko Kogo

• On the conference circuit

  

  Reports on the TFD scoping dialogue on poverty reduction through commercial forestry, the informal meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee, application of Forest Law Enforcement in the Amazon, and the CITES Bigleaf Mahogany Working Group meeting

• Recent editions

  

  New books and reports

• Topical and tropical

  

  News from ITTO's Tropical Timber Market Report

• Courses

  

  Short training courses for professionals in forestry and related disciplines

• Meetings

  

  A comprehensive listing of coming conferences relevant to sustainable tropical forest management