ITTO presentation

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Programme

• Welcome remarks Mr. Emmanuel Ze Mekka, ITTO
  Executive Director
• 2) An introduction to ITTO Mr. Eduardo Mansur,
  ITTO Assistant Director, Reforestation and Forest
  Management
• 3) The ITTO Thematic Programmes Dr. Markku
  Simula, consultant
• 4) The ITTO/CITES Partnership Programme Mr. Amha
  Bing Buang, ITTO Assistant Director, Market
  Information and Economic Inteligence
• 5) Questions and answers
• 6) Closing remarks
• ITTO Excutive Director

ADVANCING SFM THROUGH ITTO THEMATIC PROGRAMMES
COFO / World Forest Week Rome, 19 March 2009
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION
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The International Tropical Timber Organization

• created by the ITTA, 1983
• currently operates under the ITTA, 1994
• ITTA 2006 soon to come into force
• has a secretariat of 37 people based in Yokohama,
  Japan

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ITTO Objectives

• To promote the expansion and diversification of
  international trade in tropical timber from
  sustainably managed and legally harvested forests
• To promote the sustainable management of tropical
  timber-producing forests

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The International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)

• is the organizations governing body
• meets regularly to discuss policy issues and to
  set the action program
• active participation of NGOs (trade
  environment) is encouraged

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Membership

• ITTO

• brings together tropical timber producers and
  consumers as equal partners in decision-making
• currently has 60 member countries

ITTO membership represents

• over 90 of world tropical timber trade
• over 80 of the worlds tropical forests

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Producer member countries
Africa Asia Latin America
Cameroon Cambodia Bolivia
Central African Rep. Fiji Brazil
Congo India Colombia
Cote dIvoire Indonesia Ecuador
Dem. Rep. of Congo Malaysia Guatemala
Gabon Myanmar Guyana
Ghana Papua New Guinea Honduras
Liberia Philippines Mexico
Nigeria Thailand Panama
Togo Vanuatu Peru
Suriname
Trinidad Tobago
Venezuela
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Consumer member countries
Australia Germany Norway
Austria Greece Poland
Belgium/Lux. Ireland Portugal
Canada Italy Sweden
China Japan Switzerland
Denmark Korea UK
Egypt Nepal USA
Finland Netherlands EU
France New Zealand
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Areas of work

• Economic information and market intelligence
  (EIMI)
• Forest industry (FI)
• Reforestation and forest management (RFM)
• Communication

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Economic information and market intelligence
(EIMI)

• Timber trade and markets
• Statistics
• Market access
• Certification
• Ecosystem services

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Forest industry (FI)

• Value adding
• Reduced impact logging
• Efficiency
• Marketing

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Reforestation and forest management (RFM)

• Forest management planning
• Criteria indicators
• Community forestry
• Forest fire management
• Forest law enforcement
• Biodiversity transboundary conservation
• Mangroves
• Restoration planted forests

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Donors

• Financial contributions may be made by any
  country or organization.
• Donors for project work and other activities
  include

Japan Switzerland United
States Norway Netherlands EU
Australia Finland South Korea
Private Sector
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ITTO acts through

• Policy related activities
• Projects
• Communication and information sharing
• Thematic Programmes

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ITTO projects

• ITTO has provided grants worth over US300
  million
• more than 750 projects funded
• about 150 projects currently under way
• employ more than 500 local professionals in the
  tropics

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Examples of ITTO projects

• GLOMIS Global Mangrove Database Information
  System (www.glomis.com )
• Training on RIL (Indonesia, Brazil, Cameroon,
  Cambodia)
• Forest restoration projects (Ghana, Thailand,
  Colombia)
• Forest assessment, mapping and inventory (Gabon,
  Cameroon)
• Building capacity for A/R CDM (Africa, Latin
  America, Asia)
• All projects with the primary objective of
  promoting SFM

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ITTOs transboundary conservation program
Region Countries Area
Lanjak-Entimau/Betung Kerihun Malaysia/Indonesia 1.1 m ha
Phatam Thailand/Cambodia 0.13 m ha
Kayan Mentarang/ Pulong Tau Indonesia/Malaysia 1.55 m ha
Condor Range Peru/Ecuador 2.42 m ha
Tambopata/Madidi Peru/Bolivia 2.85 m ha
Northern Congo Congo/Cameroon/CAR 1.7 m ha
Mengamé Cameroon/Gabon 0.14 m ha
Total 9.9 m ha
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Policy work
ITTO Guidelines ( SFM, Forest Restoration,
Biodiversity Guidelines ,planted tropical
forests, etc)
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Communication and information sharing

• Status of Forest Management in the Tropics ITTO
  SFM Tropics 2005
• Annual Review and Assessment of the World
  Timber Situation 2007
• ITTO Guidelines ( Forest Restoration,
  Biodiversity Guidelines ,planted tropical
  forests, etc)
• TFU , Tropical Timber Market Report
• www.itto.or.jp

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Thematic Programmesa new mechanism for support

• ITTOs new mechanism to support member countries
• Five TPs approved in the last Council
• Two (REDDES and TFLET) entering into operation in
  April 2009
• A TP-like mechanism already in place the
  ITTO/Cites Partnership Programme