At the 19th Session of the UN Forum on Forests, ITTO pressed for action and cooperation; the development, Work to optimize the management of more action, investment and collaboration to unlock the potential dissemination and field implementation of tropical forests and maximize the benefits of tropical forests to meet global challenges. [...] ITTO Secretariat best practices for SFM and the creation of they provide is exemplified by ITTO’s Putting iTTo guidelines at the heart of the global legal and sustainable supply chains; and the development of technical and policy restoration drive...................................................................10 provision of targeted market information to guidelines tailored to the needs of tro. [...] Work to halt deforestation and International Forestry Research, the Food and Agriculture expand restoration in tropical Africa, Asia and Latin America Organization of the United Nations, the World Wide Fund was gathering pace, including through the persistent policy for Nature and the International Union for Conservation and project work of ITTO and its partners. [...] A year later, the opportunity to advance FLR in the tropics widened further with the launch of the United Nations The 2020 update—published under the title Guidelines for Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030.4 The UN Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics—was the result Decade has heightened awareness, action and investment of a highly participatory process. [...] First, key elements of the guidelines could be embedded Restoration of a dipterocarp forest: A 16-year-old plantation in a in the work of global conventions with a shared interest in concession in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of the 18 case studies promoting ecosystem restoration, notably the Convention that illustrate the application of the ITTO guidelines for FLR in the tropics.
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Table of Contents
- Promoting the 1
- Contents 2
- Shocks and supply shifts 3
- A new ITTO study charts how economic shocks demographic trends and the rise of plantations have transformed the sector 3
- Plywood and processed products 4
- Trade moves east 4
- Lower Japanese imports 5
- Furniture growth 6
- At the 19th Session of the UN Forum on Forests ITTO pressed for more action investment and collaboration to unlock the potential of tropical forests to meet global challenges 7
- Countering forest fire 7
- Advancing sustainability 8
- Collaboration for investment 9
- The UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration provides a platform for the wider application of ITTOs guidelines on forest landscape restoration in the tropics 10
- The ITTO guidelines 10
- Applying the guidelines 11
- Looking ahead 12
- References 13
- An ITTO project established a model system for community-based land-use planning and forest resource assessment that could help support payment for ecosystem services and REDD initiatives 14
- Participatory data collection 14
- Training and awareness materials 15
- Online platforms 15
- Promising results 16
- What next 17
- Research by an ITTO Fellow is providing new insights into greenhouse gas fluxes from mangrove tree species to the atmosphere 18
- Finding the flux 19
- References 20
- Market trends 21
- Chinas real estate slump 21
- The economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic fizzled in 2023 making it a tough year for tropical timber producers 21
- Europe stagnates 22
- Japans currency woe 23
- US growth leaves out housing 23
- Viet Nam African imports drop 24
- Cloudy outlook 24
- Objective 25
- Date and venue 25
- Co-hosts and organizer 25
- Forum structure 25
- Theme and topics 25
- Legal and sustainable timber industry exhibition 25
- Other events and activities 25
- Participants 25
- Languages 25
- Tropical and topical 26
- Recent editions 27
- ITTO meetings 28
- Other meetings 28
- Meetings 28
