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[Building Exchange and Collaboration Platform for Global Timber Industry] Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2023 Draws to Close
The two-day event featured a main forum, specialised sub-forums and parallel activities presented by international organisations in the industry, attracting 700 guests from 36 countries and regions. T···

[Building Exchange and Collaboration Platform for Global Timber Industry] Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2023 Draws to Close

The two-day event featured a main forum, specialised sub-forums and parallel activities presented by international organisations in the industry, attracting 700···

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GTI Annual Report (2022-2023)

The GTI comprehensive index measures the monthly overall development and prosperity of the pilot countries' timber industry. For timber-producing countries ···

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The Report on Pilot Operation of Blockchain-based Timber Traceability System

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) conducted a study of the blockchain-based international timber traceability system for building sustainabl···

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Fourth & Final Announcement for GLSTF 2023

Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2023 is co-hosted by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Macao Trade and Investment Pr···

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Third Announcement, draft agenda - Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 2023

Co-hosted by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), the Global Legal and Sustainab···

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Second Announcement of Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 2023

21 September 2023Second AnnouncementGlobal Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 202321–22November2023Galaxy International Convention Center, Macao SAR, ChinaBack···

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Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2023

ITTO and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) entered a Collaborative Framework Agreement to co-host the Global Legal & Sustainable Timber ···

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IPIM Funds ITTO for GTI and BC Project

IPIM funded ITTO to cooperate in the development of sustainable tropical forest management and legal and sustainable tropical timber supply chains, with a view ···

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Meeting of the BC Project Coordination Group was held

In order to promote the government, enterprises, financial institutions and other organizations to widely participate in the application of block-chain-based cr···

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Research Activity of Flooring Industry in NanXun, Huzhou

From August 28 to 29, GGSC secretariat, led by secretary-general Luo Xinjian，visited and investigated representative enterprises of floor industry in NanXun, H···

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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.

News

Enterprises Seminar "Pioneer Programme on China-Africa Green Supply Chains of Timber" Successfully Held
On October 11, 2023, a symposium on the needs and difficulties of enterprises — themed "From Source to End: Pioneer Programme on China-Africa Green Supply Chains of Timber" and co-hosted by the Secretariat of Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC) and the Green Supply Chains Branch

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Meeting Held with National Forestry and Grassland Administration's Asia-Pacific Forest Network Management Center
On September 6th, the Secretariat of Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC) and the Asia-Pacific Forest Network Management Center of China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration held a meeting to discuss some of GGSC's key projects. The meeting was attended by the project tea

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GGSC Team Invited to China Wood Protection Industry Association for Exchanges and Cooperation
GGSC and China Wood Protection Industry Association held a meeting concerning the upcoming Forum.

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GGSC Secretariat Attended the 2nd China (Dalian) International Forest Products Summit Forum
On June 1, 2023, the 2nd China (Dalian) International Forest Products Summit Forum, jointly instructed by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the People's GovernmentofDalian Municipalityand hosted byChinaNationalForest Products Industry Asso

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10
2023

GTI Report - October 2023

The Global Timber Index (GTI) Report in October 2023 shows that since the beginning of this year, the Chinese government has rolled out a series of policies to support the developm···

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TIME

09
2023

GTI Report - September 2023

The Global Timber Index (GTI) Report in September 2023 showed that the downward trend of some supply and demand indicators of GTI-Brazil eased (e.g., domestic orders, export orders···

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TIME

08
2023

GTI Report - August 2023

The Global Timber Index (GTI) report in August 2023 shows that the GTI-China Index registered 52.6%, down 0.4 percentage point from the previous month. This also indicates that the···

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