ITTO ED Emmanuel ZeMeka (left) with IUFRO President Don K. Lee. Photo: Rose Jungheim/ITTO
ITTO established the Children’s Environmental Education Programme (CEEP) to enhance children’s awareness and knowledge of the important role of tropical forests in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. At the XXIII IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea, ITTO provided an overview of CEEP and lessons learned from other relevant programmes at a side event on 25 August 2010. The event discussed challenges and opportunities to strengthen the network of relevant institutions and individuals contributing to environmental education on tropical forests. ITTO also launched the new World Atlas of Mangroves at IUFRO (see photo) and co-hosted an event on "Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT): Opportunities and Challenges " with the Chinese Academy of Forestry, the European Forest Institute and the European Commission.