International Tropical Timber Organization

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ITTO
Founded:	1986
Scope:	Global
Policy area:	Forest and forestry
Type of institution:	Intergovernmental organisation
Field of work:	Other
Language:	English
URL:	ITTO website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	ITTO
Country(ies):	Japan
Date:	1/2/2012

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) was established under the auspices of the United Nations in 1986 amidst increasing worldwide concern for the fate of tropical forests. ITTO is an intergovernmental organization promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its 59 members represent about 80% of the world’s tropical forests and 90% of the global tropical timber trade.

Objective	To collect, analyse and disseminate data on the production and trade of tropical timber and to fund a range of projects and other action aimed at developing industries at both community and industrial scales
Thematic priority(ies)	Use and trade of tropical forest resources
Functions	To develop international agreed policy documents to promote sustainable forest management and forest conservation and assists tropical member countries to adapt such policies to local circumstances and to implement them in the field through projects
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	FAO, MCPFE, CIFOR, CBD, CITES, IUFRO, UNECE, UNFF, World Bank
Keywords	Sustainable forest management, tropical forest, timber trade, forest conservation

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Socio-economic functions	Trade in wood	Trade balance