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🌳 🤝 ⏰ Today at #COP17: a side event showcasing the Collaborative Partnership on Forests' joint initiatives.

ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru will share how ITTO projects and partnerships are supporting biodiversity in the tropics.

⏰ 1:15 pm |📍Spitak, Side Event Room 2

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🌳 At a forum celebrating @PEFC endorsement of @SGEC_PEFC, attended by HIH Princess Takamado, ITTO ED Sheam Satkuru shared how ITTO supports its members in certifying forests, adding value to the wood and sharing that value with the people who grow it.

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🌳 How does the global tropical timber industry come together to tackle its biggest challenges?

In our latest #VoicesFromTheField, Ashley Amidon, CEO of @iwpawood, shares how ITTO's Trade Advisory Group connects timber businesses and where it is headed next.

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🌳 Can plantation-grown teak match natural forest quality?

At a recent ITTO webinar, experts from @brin_indonesia and @kasetsart_ku compared the properties of natural and plantation teak and explored the promise of "super teak".

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/K8MSqhXcjU

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🎯 New release: September 2026 #GlobalTimberIndex!

🌳 The latest GTI report showed mixed but encouraging signs for the tropical timber sector though diesel prices remain a significant constraint.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/RoXR1dSIu9

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🌳 As part of @jica_direct's Sustainable Forest Management Training Program, ITTO Projects Manager Olivier Ahimin shared ITTO's experience advancing sustainable tropical forest management (SFM).

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/cHWM5zcoP1

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📊 New Issue: Tropical Timber Market Report (1–15 October)

🇨🇳 China has launched a five-year plan for expanding consumption, aiming to transition its economic growth model from exports and investment to domestic consumption.

🔗 Read the report: https://t.co/rotgJzZ3iN

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🌳 On International Day of #RuralWomen 2026, ITTO celebrates women's critical role in rural development.

With ITTO support, rural women’s ingenuity and skills are growing into stronger livelihoods and more sustainably managed forests.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/aZ0AuVnBjc

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🌳 🤝 Join ITTO and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) at @UNBiodiversity #COP17 for a showcase of CPF initiatives in action.

📆 28 October 2026
⏱️ 1:15 - 2:45 pm (local time)
📍 Spitak - Side event Room 2
🔗 https://t.co/ED3U5BzVT1

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🌳 Today, on #DDRDay, ITTO highlights sustainable forest management as a nature-based solution that keeps communities safe, from stabilizing slopes to buffering coastlines against tropical storms.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/EWvPS4TjWa

#ResilienceStartsAtHome

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🌳 Stay connected to the latest in tropical forestry with the Tropical Forest Update (TFU).

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🌳🇬🇹 As part of an ITTO project, equipment was given to municipalities in Guatemala to strengthen water security in the Upper Salinas River Basin and support:

🌱 Restoration of 150+ hectares of forest
💧 Monitoring 40+ water sources
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Improved water security for 2,000+ families

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🌳🕵️‍♀️ In our latest #VoicesFromTheField, Professor Yongyut Trisurat of @kasetsart_ku, Regional Project Manager for ITTO's flagship teak project, shares his perspective on the opportunities teak and other timber species can provide to smallholders and community plantations.

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🌳 🌏 At recent ASEAN meetings, ITTO Projects Manager Tetra Yanuariadi highlighted the potential of tropical timber from sustainably managed forests to drive sustainable development in the region and beyond.

🔗 Read more about ITTO's engagement with ASEAN:https://t.co/YylHr1UR1f

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🌳 🇯🇵 ITTO Executive Director Ms Sheam Satkuru met with the newly appointed Director-General of the Forest Policy Planning Department of @rinyajapan Mr Kenji Mochizuki, and expressed appreciation for Japan’s longstanding support for ITTO.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/MAJq9fDxBW

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📊 New Issue: Tropical Timber Market Report (16–30 September)

🇮🇩 @kemenhut_ri and @FAO have launched a ‘Monitoring and Enhancement of Remote Sensing for National Forest Inventory’ project to modernise Indonesia’s forest monitoring system.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/dG2mld41N1

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The October 2026 issue of Tropical Forests News is now available.

Read the full issue: https://t.co/5UpAb1d1eu

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🪵 🌳 What makes "super" teak?

Join a webinar next week for a deep dive on the wood properties that contribute to high-quality teak from natural forests and plantations, featuring insights from @brin_indonesia and @kasetsart_ku researchers.

🔗Learn more: https://t.co/5Vm7BMPQab

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📗 The new Tropical Forest Update is now available!

🌳 The articles in this issue reveal that the timber sector continues to evolve in ways that strengthen its resilience, with ITTO persisting in its vital supporting and enabling role.

🔗 Read TFU 35-2: https://t.co/Kdq5MBg8O5

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🇵🇪 In northern Peru, communities are restoring their dry forests.

Together with @AiderONG, ITTO works with 64 communities to advance sustainable forest management and improve livelihoods. The project supported the communities with solar-powered water pumps and tree nurseries.