International symposium on illegal logging closes with call for consumers and producers to use legal timber

2015-06-19

Rupert Oliver, Lead Consultant of ITTO’s “Independent Market Monitoring of FLEGT Licensed Timber” (IMM) project made a presentation on actions taken by major timber‐importing countries for legality assurance, including legal procurement. Photo: K. Sato, ITTO

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) co-organized an International Symposium to Combat Illegal Logging and Associated Trade with the “Committee for Wood Utilization Caravan to Bridge Forest and City of Japan” at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan on the 12 June 2015.