Highlights for Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO
Discussions on the morning of the second day of ITTC-54 focused on progress in implementing the Biennial Work Programme (BWP) for 2018-2019. The discussions highlighted a number of project reports as well as new initiatives, including:
A World Bank report on incentives for green-growth value chain investments in tropical forests;
An initiative to establish legal and sustainable forest product supply chains at the international level involving leading Chinese timber companies;
Preliminary findings from the 2017-2018 Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation;
Collaboration between ITTO and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); and,
Revision of the ITTO Restoration Guidelines.
In the afternoon, during the joint session of the Committees, delegates received the Report of the 53rd Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals and engaged with the ITTO Annual Market Discussion, organized by the Trade Advisory Group (TAG). It was followed by a launch event for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Mekong Region.The day closed with meetings of the Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) and Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF).
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Council Session
Bruno Mfou'ou Mfou'ou, Cameroon
Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat
Katharina Kuehmayer, and Yves-Marie Leonet, EU
Emmanuelle Maire and Argyro Zerva, EU
Steven Johnson, ITTO Secretariat
Werner Kornexl, World Bank
Matthias Schwoerer, Germany
Emma Hatcher, Australia
Frances Maplesden, ITTO Consultant
Jürgen Blaser, ITTO Consultant
Jorge Mario Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Costa Rica
Jennifer Conje, US
Delegates from Peru during the Council Session
Annual Market Discussion
Jobst-Michael Schröder, CRF Vice-Chair, ITTC-54
Benoît Jobbé-Duval, Association Technique Internationale des Bois (ATIBT), France
Meng Qian, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Françoise van de Ven, Secretary-General, Industrial Forestry Trade Union, Gabon
Eric de Munck, Netherlands Timber Trade Association/ Timber Information Centre
Ngo Sy Hoai, Secretary-General, Vietnam Forester Club
Cindy Squires, Executive Director, International Wood Products Association
Gleisson Omar Tagliari, Mato Grosso State Timber Production and Exportation Industries Center (CIPEM)
Launching Activity
Gerhard Dieterle, Executive Director, ITTO, and Matthias Schwoerer, Germany, launching the project on Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Mekong Region
Group photo following the launch of the project
Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management
From L-R: Young Tae Choi, ITTO Secretariat; Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Chair Dambis Kaip, Papua New Guinea; Committee Vice-Chair Jobst-Michael Schröder, Germany; and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat
Makino Yamanoshita, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Marjukka Mähönen, Finland
Committee on Finance and Administration
From L-R: Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat; Committee Chair Luke Thompson, US; Committee Vice-Chair Jorge Mario Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Costa Rica; and Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat
Around the Venue
"Keragaman Hayati Hutan Tropis" (Tropical Forests Biodiversity), wood carving presented to the ITTO by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
