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Government takes full control of Société Nationale des Bois du Gabon. Read this and other tropical timber market news in the 1-15 January 2025 edition of the ITTO MIS timber market report.
A new edition of the Teak Mekong newsletter from the ITTO funded project “Promoting quality timber production in smallholders and community-based teak and other valuable species plantations in the tropics” is now available.
Set India on a path to become a net exporter of teak. Read this and other tropical timber news in the recent MIS.
ITTO forest fire projects spark learnings to inform policy
Civil society group calls for more support for communities and women on forest landscape restoration
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