ITTO Commits US$2.4 million in project funding to improve tropical forest law enforcement, trade and marketing in tropical timber under its TFLET and TMT Thematic Programmes

2014-03-06

Traceability and chain of custody of tropical timber are important elements for verification of legality. Photo: Bosque, Sociedad y Desarrollo (BDS).

Eight (8) new projects to be implemented in Indonesia, Panama, Mali, Papua New Guinea, Guatemala and Guyana have been approved for immediate implementation under the ITTO Thematic Programmes on ‘Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (TFLET)’, and ‘Trade and Market Transparency (TMT)’, with a total value of US$2,384,518.00 in ITTO funding.