Launching of ITTO's

STATUS OF TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT 2011 Report

in Switzerland

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has made efforts to monitor the status of tropical forest management since its inception 25 years ago. These efforts resulted in the report "Status of Tropical Forest Management - 2005" released five years ago. It is the first comprehensive analysis of progress towards sustainable forest management (SFM) ever undertaken for the vast majority of the world's tropical forests.

Maya Graf (Swiss Parliament), Emanuel Ze Meka (ITTO), Jan McAlpine (UNFF), Hans-Peter Egler (SECO)

ITTO, with support from the Swiss Government/State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
(SECO), released on the 07th of June 2011 the follow-up report "Status of Tropical Forest
Management - 2011" , which is documenting the continuing progress towards SFM and the
many changes that have occurred and are relevant to tropical forests during the past five
years.

The disscussions and presentations were attended by more than 80 people coming from the private sector, civil society, international organisation and government.

Document

Sarre A. 2011: Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011, Presentation, ITTO

Press release

National

Bieler Tagblatt 2011: Tropenwald wird nicht nachhaltig genutzt, Article, 07.06.2011

Sierro L. 2011: La Suisse doit en faire davantage pour les forêts tropicales (APPEL D’ONG), Le Courrier, Article, 08.06.2011, p.10

Naturschutz 2011: Tropenwald nach wie vor stark gefärdet, Article, 09.06.2011

International

Wall T. 2011: Protection Gives Mighty Boost to Few Forests, Discovery News Online (USA), Article, 09.06.2011

GuinGuinBali (Canary Islands) 2011: Togo perdió casi el 6% de su bosque en los últimos 5 años, Article, 09.06.2011