On January 26, 2024, the Secretariat of Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC) and the Ministerio Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica (MAATE) of Ecuador held an exchange meeting for the cooperation concerning the Global Timber Index (GTI) platform. The head of the GGSC Li...

On January 8, 2024, representatives of the Secretariat of the Global Green Supply Chains Initiative (GGSC), Thai Timber Association (TTA) and Dr. Piyathip Eawpanich held a meeting to exchange views on the Global Timber Index (GTI) platform. GGSC Secretary General extended welcome...

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. The outputs of two international collaborative research projects were released an...

The GTI comprehensive index measures the monthly overall development and prosperity of the pilot countries' timber industry. For timber-producing countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Brazil, and Mexico, the survey focuses on the prosperous deve...

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) conducted a study of the blockchain-based international timber traceability system for building sustainable wood supply chain since 2020. During the implementation, the blockchain architecture applicable to the timber traceabi...

Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2023 is co-hosted by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), and organized by the Secretariat of the Global Green Supply Chain Initiative (GGSC).

Co-hosted by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), the Global Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) 2023 is scheduled to held on 21–22 November 2023, in Macao, China, at the Galaxy International C...

21 September 2023Second AnnouncementGlobal Legal and Sustainable Timber Forum 202321–22November2023Galaxy International Convention Center, Macao SAR, ChinaBackgroundThe timber industry is facing major challenges. It must produce legal and sustainable timber pro

ITTO and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) entered a Collaborative Framework Agreement to co-host the Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum to accelerate building Legal and Sustainable Forest Products Supply Chains.

IPIM funded ITTO to cooperate in the development of sustainable tropical forest management and legal and sustainable tropical timber supply chains, with a view to establishing a commercial information platform for the global timber supply chain.