Search Results: 'International Tropical Timber Organisation'

FLEGT stakeholders urge continued monitoring
22 December, 2022
As it reports on its website, www.flegtimm.eu, the EU FLEGT Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has held consultations with industry stakeholders to gauge their views on the value and future of its role tracking timber trade flows from FLEGT VPA partner countries and canvassing market opinion of FLEGT and FLEGT licensing

African mills feel the effects of reduced Chinese demand
16 December, 2022
African sawmill and plywood facility operators are encountering significant difficulties due to reduction in demand from the Chinese market, according to the latest bulletin from the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

International Hardwood Conference discusses market stresses
09 November, 2022
The International Hardwood Conference, organised in Lyon by the French National Wood Federation (FNB), the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF), took place on October 28.

Tropical on track for 2024 olympics
24 August, 2022
The Paris Olympics has dropped its ban on the use of tropical timber in Games developments. Mike Jeffree reports

Ambition undimmed after 70 years
24 August, 2022
Forum highlights tropical timber market development initiatives. Mike Jeffree reports

ATIBT ever more active at 70
10 June, 2022
The environmental, economic and social development of the tropical forest industry is more important than ever, says ATIBT. Mike Jeffree reports

Sheam Satkuru appointed ITTO executive director
06 January, 2022
ITTO’s governing body, the International Tropical Timber Council, has appointed Sheam Satkuru by consensus as ITTO’s new executive director at its 57th session, which was held virtually from November 29 to December 3 2021. She won the position from among nearly 50 applicants.