Tropical Forest Update
Issue 27 No 2
The buzz on green supply chains
There’s plenty of talk these days about “sustainable” or “green” supply chains and how these could help save forests while benefiting producers and consumers. But what are they?
In this edition of the TFU, ITTO Executive Director Gerhard Dieterle (page 3) writes that green tropical-timber supply chains “would bring benefits to all stakeholders, from forest owners in the tropics to consumers of the final products—as well as to the global environment”. Businesses might want to implement green supply chains because they are good corporate citizens, but, according to a recent workshop in China (reported in Dr Dieterle’s article), the private sector also sees green supply chains as a means for reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
A drone’s-eye view of a log depot near Douala, Cameroon—one of the links in the tropical timber supply chain. Photo: A. Walmsley/TRAFFIC
Contents
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From the Executive Director
by Gerhard DieterleGlobal green supply chains will help ensure forest sustainability. -
Improving the governance of Cameroon’s timber trade
by Mahonghol and ChenAn ITTO project has strengthened national capacity to control illegal logging and associated trade in Cameroon -
China plies its trade
by HuAn ITTO study provides insight into China's developing plywood inudstry -
Reaching out on RIL
by Abu Samah, Abdul-Wahab, Mohammad-Ifratshim, RoslinaA training programme undertaken as part of an ITTO project has built capacity in reduced impact logging in the forests of Peninsular Malaysia. -
Gabon’s growing veneer trade
by CassagneGabon could become a world leader in tropical veneer exports. -
Fellowship report
by SabinoAn ITTO Fellow and his colleagues developed site index curves for teak plantations in northern Guatemala -
Market trends
by Phan Thi Thu HienViet Nam's exports are booming, but the local industry is yet to realize its full commercial potential -
Tropical and topical
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Recent Editions
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Meetings
A drone’s-eye view of a log depot near Douala, Cameroon—one of the links in the tropical timber supply chain. Photo: A. Walmsley/TRAFFIC
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