ITTO Project Project Report on Sustainable Wood Use in Selected Countries of

This in itself is at least partly caused by the lack of access to latest information on the consumption of wood products, widespread penetration of substitute products made of steel and plastics etc as consumers are mostly not aware of the many advantages of using wood products, limited assortment of domestic products in most of the markets, and the failure to strategise development of new wood pr. [...] Specific objective of the project in Indonesia The specific objective of the project is to promote a strong and resilient domestic consumption of wood products under the overall developmental objective of increasing contribution of the wood industry to national economy through strengthened growth of the industry. [...] exchange of information and experience in the development of domestic consumption of wood products with the assistance of ITTO and other international organizations would enable the evolution of appropriate institutional arrangements necessary for the continued increase in domestic consumption of wood products in the years ahead. [...] A rather tough indicator of an increase by 3% in the contribution of forest industry to national GDP at the end of three years after the completion of the project has been proposed as a marker of the successful achievement of the overall developmental objectives of the project. [...] Project execution in Indonesia The task of execution of the project has been assigned to the Directorate General of Sustainable Forest Management (DG SFM), Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Government of Indonesia, because the central objective of the project is to ultimately lead to a situation in which all forests of the country are managed in a sustainable manner.