ITTO Executive Director warns of perils of underinvestment in tropical forests

Dubai, UAE, 10 December 2023: In an address yesterday to the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru said a continued failure to reward tropical forest countries for sustainable forest management and conservation could have dire consequences for the planet and called for urgent investment.