Biodiversity for community empowerment and economic development

2026-06-23

Yokohama, 23 June 2026  Integrating biodiversity considerations into everyday decisions across the forestry sector offers the opportunity to cultivate healthy, productive ecosystems that support both communities and industry over the long term. This was the central message of a recent webinar, “The Business of Biodiversity,” which highlighted ITTO’s extensive experience in conserving the rich biodiversity of the world’s tropical forests and in creating economic opportunities for forest-dependent people.