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The International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organisation promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its 59 members represent about 80 per cent of the world's tropical forests and 90 per cent of the global tropical timber trade.
The ITTO has drawn its mandate from a series of International Tropical Timber Agreements, stretching back to the first one, agreed in 1983. The current ITTA 1994 will be superseded by the ITTA 2006, which is expected to enter into force in 2008.

ITTO funds projects on forest law enforcement and has conducted a study of import and export data discrepancies; in 2005, in cooperation with FAO, ITTO published a report identifying best practices to improve law compliance in the forest sector, based on the experiences of countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa.


DOCUMENTS

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09/06/2011 Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011
This report, two years in the making, provides a comprehensive assessment of progress being made towards ... 		ITTO

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01/08/2008 Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 6
This issue highlights the discussions about legality and sustainability held at the Annual Conference ... 		Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)

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25/05/2006 Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005
Is forest management improving in the tropics? This report sets out to answer that question. It provides ... 		ITTO

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01/12/2005 Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forestry Sector: FAO Forestry Paper 145
This report looks at some of the innovative approaches being used by governments to combat illegal logging. ... 		FAO

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18/07/2005 How the ITTO Addresses Illegal Logging
Description of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) and analysis of its activities on ... 		Chatham House (Lauren Flezjor)

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01/01/2005 Why don't trade numbers add up?
Discrepancies in tropical timber trade data highlight the continuing need to strengthen capacity for ... 		ITTO Tropical Forest Update (Alberto Goetzi)

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01/08/2003 ITTO Timber Trade Data Study (UK)
Analysis of international timber trade data relating to four key UK trade partners. Undertaken by the ... 		Chatham House/RIIA (Jade Saunders)

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NEWS

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06/06/2012 Tracking technologies for CITES tree species
Due to the increasing need to more effectively implement CITES for listed tree species and their products, ... 		CITES

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07/06/2011 ITTO criticized over failure to reach its goals
Berne, Switzerland - The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has been criticized for not ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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18/12/2009 European countries endorse UN-backed pact on tropical timber
Eleven European countries have ratified a United Nations-backed agreement designed to promote the sustainable ... 		UN News Centre

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31/10/2008 Call for proposals under the ITTO initiative on innovative timber tracking systems
Private sector forest companies operating in ITTO producer and developing consumer member countries are ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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15/05/2008 ITTO holds climate change and SFM meeting
ITTO held an international meeting on SFM and climate change in Yokohama, Japan from 30 April to 2 May ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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31/12/2007 GFC integrating bar-coding with its monitoring methods
The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) says it is implementing the Remote Sensing and Bar-Coding system ... 		Stabroek News (Guyana)

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26/11/2007 ITTO funds PNG Forest Law Efforts
The International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) has allocated US$473,000 (K1.2 million) to enhance ... 		The National (Papua New Guinea)

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25/05/2007 Tropical Timber Council tackles illegal logging, trade in threatened species
Illegal logging and trade in threatened timber species featured prominently at a major international ... 		Bridges Trade BioRes (Switzerland)

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23/05/2007 ITTC: Papua New Guinea Forest Sector plagued with serious problems
Administrative and governance constraints and intervention has been the main cause of problems in Papua ... 		The Papua New Guinea Eco-Forestry Forum (Paupa New Guinea)

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12/05/2007 Summary of the 42nd session of the international tropical timber council
The forty-second session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-42) took place from 7-12 ... 		IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin

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07/05/2007 ITTO has failed to end tropical forest destruction says Greenpeace
Papua New Guinea - Greenpeace activists today abseiled from the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/03/2007 Malaysia to use certification to crack down on illegal logging
Malaysia will ask its timber suppliers in other countries to provide certification on the origin of wood ... 		Mongabay.com (USA)

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17/11/2006 International timber organisation cites financial difficulties
The forty-first session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-41) was held from 6-11 November ... 		Bridges Trade BioRes

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16/10/2006 Forest policies need review
Last week the PNG Government and the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) hosted a two-day ... 		PNG Post-Courier (Australia)

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12/10/2006 Australia has strong checks
Australian Timber Importers Federation yesterday said its members only bought timber from accredited ... 		PNG Post-Courier (Australia)

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02/08/2006 "Heart of Borneo" conservation initiative to receive U.S. funds
Project preserves equatorial rainforest in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei. ... 		Washington File (USA)

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26/05/2006 Report suggests most tropical forests remain vulnerable
MEXICO CITY - All but a fraction of the world's tropical forests remain unprotected, despite a significant ... 		Albuquerque Tribune (USA)

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26/05/2006 Tropical Timber is Better Protected, Not Safe - Report
LONDON - Developing nations have got far better at protecting rain forests over the past two decades ... 		Planet Ark (Australia)

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25/05/2006 The kindest cut
Cutting down trees could be the best way to preserve tropical forests. ... 		The Economist

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01/12/2005 Governments Making Progress in Curbing Illegal Logging
New research conducted by FAO and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) suggests that ... 		AllAfrica.com

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21/06/2005 ITTO reinforces commitment to forest law enforcement and combating illegal logging
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo - Assisting countries to develop and enforce forest laws remains one of ... 		ITTO (Japan)

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20/10/2004 DENR, ITTO ink pact for a $630,907 project in Northern Mindanao
The Philippines is the beneficiary of a $630,907 funding from the International Tropical Timber Organization ... 		Minda News (The Philippines)

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PRESENTATIONS

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05/10/2006 Public procurement policies - ITTO perspective ITTO

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EVENTS

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DATE TITLE
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Wednesday 26th April 2006 International Tropical Forest Investment Forum
Entitiled 'Issues and Opportunities for Investment in Natural Tropical Forests' this ITTO forum ...

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Friday 19th November 2004 Cutting down on illegal logging: conservation platform on illegal logging at 3rd IUCN World Congress
ITTO sponsored a three-hour panel discussion during the recent IUCN World Conservation Congress on ways ...

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LINKS

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International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Member states represent 95% of world trade in tropical timber. Currently undertaking a series of studies on illegal logging and on timber trade statistics. Volume 12 No. 1 of the ITTO newsletter, Tropical Forest Update, focused on illegal logging and forest crime. Link here to see archived meetings of ITTO's governing body, the ITTC. Broken link

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ITTO tropical timber market information service The ITTO Market Information Service (MIS) delivers a twice-monthly report on the international tropical timber market. The MIS provides market trends and trade news from around the world, as well as indicative prices for over 400 tropical timber and added-value products. Broken link

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