ITTO at CBD COP10

2010-10-22

Signing ceremony of the Thailand/Cambodia TBCA project under CBD/ITTO collaborative initiative. (L to R) H.E. Dr.Y.Kimsean, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia, H.E.Mr.S.Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand, Mr.E.ZeMeka, Executive Director of ITTO, H.E.Mr.Y.Banno, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E.Mr.S.Kondo, Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment of Japan, and Mr.A.Djoglaf, CBD Executive Secretary.

Within the framework of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, ITTO has been particularly active in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity in the tropics, in collaboration with member countries and partner institutions. ITTO is presenting much of this work in the following series of events during the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya,Japan from 18-29 October 2010.