Gerhard Dieterle, ITTO Executive Director (left), and Jianlong Zhang, Minister of State Forest Administration. Photo: State Forestry Administration
ITTO and the Government of China will strengthen their cooperation on the sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources and enabling South–South cooperation. The commitment was made at a meeting between ITTO’s Executive Director, Dr Gerhard Dieterle, and the Minister for the State Forestry Administration, Mr Zhang Jianlong, during a recent visit to China by Dr Dieterle.