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TAG "Trade Statement 2024" highly affirms the contributions of GLSTF

On December 3 during the Trade and Markets Day of the 60th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council, the Executive Director of International Wood Products Association read out Trade Statem···

TAG "Trade Statement 2024" highly affirms the contributions of GLSTF

On December 3 during the Trade and Markets Day of the 60th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council, the Executive Director of International Wood Pr···

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List of "Macao MICE Awards 2024" announced | GLSTF 2024 wins the Brand Convention Award!

On December 3, the "Macao MICE Awards 2024" was held at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre.This year, the Global Legal & Sustaina···

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ITTO introduces the GTI Report at the 10th International Hardwood Conference

On November 7-8, the 10th International Hardwood Conference was successfully held in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Luo Xinjian, Secretary-General of the Global Green Sup···

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GLSTF outcome showed at WTO Trade and Environment Week

On October 9 at the WTO Trade and Environment Week held in Geneva, Switzerland, Professor Jintao Xu from Peking University, aninternationally renowned scholar i···

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The Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2024 successfully held in Macao

The Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2024 (GLSTF 2024), whichis co-hosted by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Commerce a···

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Fourth & Final Announcement for Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 2024

The GLSTF 2024 aims to enhance networking, collaboration, and business exchange among timber industry stakeholders—producers, buyers, processors and market pla···

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Third Announcement for Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 2024

11–12 September 2024MGM COTAI, Macao SAR, ChinaBackgroundRecent development shows that the timber industry needs to collaborate even more closely among stakeho···

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Global Timber Index Launches Index for Producers

23 June 2024: The Global Timber Index (GTI) has launched a second specialized index, on timber production, to further increase the scope and depth of the ITTO-s···

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Second Announcement for Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 2024

GLSTF 2024 will be co-hosted by ITTO and IPIM and organized by the GGSC Secretariat. Specialized subforums will be co-organized by partner agencies and ITTO, IP···

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Global Timber Index Launches Index for Wood-based Panels

16 May 2024:The Global Timber Index (GTI), which tracks the performance of the timber sector in seven pilot countries, has launched its first specialized index,···

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Business Case

ITTO Executive Director says legal, sustainable timber supply chains are key nature-based solutions
ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru stressed the importance of legal and sustainable tropical timber supply chains and called for more investment in sustainable tropical forestry and forest enterprises to promote inclusive and resilient solutions for people and......
Enterprise Case: A self-motivated female timber entrepreneurs
Qi Yunxia, founder of Yunbu Stairs in Fengxian County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, had his right leg amputated in a serious car accident at the age of 15, but went into the wood-processing industry under the influence of his father.
Enterprise case : handmade panels to improve plate quality
In order to improve the efficiency of wood use, Jiangsu HengYuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd.retained a traditional production line in the process of wood-based panel processing and manufacturing. On the production line, female workers through cutting, splicing and...
Enterprise Case: Panel enterprises fully use of wood residues, drive the villagers to common prosperity
Jiangsu Ruitai Panel Co., Ltd.make use of local wood resources, purchase the ' three residues ' and ' sub-small fuelwood ' in farmers ' homes as raw materials to produce particleboard, to maximize the use of wood resources. Farmers in their spare time can be...
Experts' Views: Ms. Sheam Satkuru, Executive Director of ITTO
In the past 25-30 years, the international community has attached great importance to sustainable development. The establishment of a legal and sustainable green supply chain requires joint efforts of all relevant bodies, such as government, private sector...
Experts' Views: Dr. Gerhard Dieterle，Former Executive Director of ITTO
Mitigation of climate change, biodiversity conservation and poverty elimination involving trees and forests can only be fully achieved by legally and sustainably use of forest resources, within the framework of legal and sustainable supply chains, from the forest to the market.

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GGSC introduces GLSTF during ITTC Trade and Markets Day
From December 2 to December 6, 2024, the 60th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC60) was held in Yokohama, Japan. Representatives from member countries, the timber industry, and civil society gathered to focus on sustainable management of tropical forests and the legal trade o

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60th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council held in Yokohama, Japan
The 60th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC60) started on December 2, 2024, in Yokohama, Japan.

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Specialized Sub-forum on Green Finance and Innovative Facilitating Measures for Green Supply Chains successfully held | GLSTF 2024
On September 12 during the Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2024, the Specialized Sub-forum on Green Finance and Innovative Facilitating Measures for Green Supply Chains was successfully held. The sub-forum was co-hosted by Global Green Supply Chain of Forest Products...

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GGSC Secretariat Visits Guangxi, China for Research and Exchanges
From June 5 to 6, with the support of Guangxi Guigang Forest Products Association, several organizations including the Secretariat of the Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC), Guigang Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, Qintang District Municipal Commission of Development and Ref

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GTI Report - November 2024

The Global Timber Index (GTI) Report for November 2024 shows positive signs for the overall trend of global timber production and trade: the GTI indices for Ghana (59.6%) and Thail···

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GTI-Producers Report - November 2024

In November 2024, the GTI-Producers registered 40.2% and had stayed below the critical value (50%) for seven consecutive months, indicating a continued downturn for the overall pro···

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GTI-Woodbased Panel (GTI-WBP) Report - November 2024

In November, the GTI-Woodbased Panel (GTI-WBP) Index registered 45.9%, a decrease of 0.2percentage point from the previous month, was below the critical value (50%) for eightconsec···

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