ITTO and Honduras sign project agreement on lesser-used timber species

2018-04-16

H.E. Héctor Alejandro Palma, Honduran Ambassador to Japan (left), and Dr Gerhard Dieterle, ITTO Executive Director, with the signed agreement for the implementation of a project to increase the use of lesser-used species in the Honduran Caribbean region. Photo: Ken Sato/ITTO

ITTO and the Honduran government signed an agreement on the implementation of a project to improve the silviculture, marketing and use of 12 lesser-used timber species abundant in the Honduran Caribbean on Monday, the 16th April 2018. The aim of the project is to shift the forest sector away from traditional selective logging and promote sustainable forest management covering a broader range of tree species.