Senator Viana addresses the meeting. Photo: K. Araujo.
Senator Jorge Viana of the Brazilian Parliament opened ITTO’s Second International Expert Meeting on Sustainable Forest Management on August 22 in Rio Branco, Brazil. The meeting, held at the Antimary Forestry Training Centre in the State of Acre, Western Brazilian Amazon, gathers experts from ITTO member countries representing all tropical regions, and partner institutions including CATIE, CIFOR, FAO and others, to review and update the ITTO Guidelines for Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests. It is part of ITTO’s and the Brazilian government’s celebrations of the International Year of Forests and the 25th Anniversary of ITTO.