For more information, contact:
Dena Cator and/or Sonja Canger
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
E-mail: transboundary@iucn.org
Alastair Sarre
International Tropical Timber Organization
E-mail: editor@itto.or.jp
Xenya Cherny
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
E-mail: xenya.cherny@iucn.org
ITTO - International Tropical Timber Organization - http://www.itto.or.jp
- was created by treaty in 1983 to promote sustainable development through the wise management, use and conservation of tropical forests. Its 56 member governments (and the European Community) collectively represent 90% of the world tropical timber trade and 80% of the world's tropical forests. The Organization has developed a series of internationally agreed policies for sustainable tropical forest management and conservation and provided more than US$240 million in grants for projects designed to implement these policies. The project program, which is executed by local governmental and non-governmental agencies, employs about 500 field staff in the tropics.
IUCN - The World Conservation Union - http://www.iucn.org
- was created in 1948. It is the world's largest conservation-related organization, bringing together 74 States, 108 government agencies, over 750 NGOs and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 180 countries in a unique world partnership. Over the last half century, IUCN has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation strategies within the framework of global conventions that it has participated in drafting. Through its worldwide secretariat, comprising offices in 62 countries, IUCN contributes to the implementation of a wide range of activities linking local action with global initiatives.
Dena Cator and/or Sonja Canger
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
E-mail: transboundary@iucn.org
Alastair Sarre
International Tropical Timber Organization
E-mail: editor@itto.or.jp
Xenya Cherny
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
E-mail: xenya.cherny@iucn.org
ITTO - International Tropical Timber Organization - http://www.itto.or.jp
- was created by treaty in 1983 to promote sustainable development through the wise management, use and conservation of tropical forests. Its 56 member governments (and the European Community) collectively represent 90% of the world tropical timber trade and 80% of the world's tropical forests. The Organization has developed a series of internationally agreed policies for sustainable tropical forest management and conservation and provided more than US$240 million in grants for projects designed to implement these policies. The project program, which is executed by local governmental and non-governmental agencies, employs about 500 field staff in the tropics.
IUCN - The World Conservation Union - http://www.iucn.org
- was created in 1948. It is the world's largest conservation-related organization, bringing together 74 States, 108 government agencies, over 750 NGOs and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 180 countries in a unique world partnership. Over the last half century, IUCN has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation strategies within the framework of global conventions that it has participated in drafting. Through its worldwide secretariat, comprising offices in 62 countries, IUCN contributes to the implementation of a wide range of activities linking local action with global initiatives.