ITTO informs expert group on impacts of pandemic on tropical timber trade

Yokohama, 18 February 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have long-term ramifications for tropical timber supply chains, according to ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru, speaking at the 21st meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Expert Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT), held virtually on 14–15 February 2022.