Information on tropical timber

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Selected references

ITTO Tropical Forest Update (TFU):

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ITTO Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=199

ITTO Tropical Timber Market (TTM) Report
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=235

ITTO Status of Tropical Forest Management (SFM Tropics 2005)
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=270

UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review
http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/tc-publ.htm

FAO State of the World's Forests
www.fao.org/forestry/site/sofo/en

FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/a0400e/a0400e00.htm

FAO Unasylva
www.fao.org/forestry/site/unasylva/en

Selected statistical sources

ITTO Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation (Data tables)
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=199

UNECE/FAO Timber Section (Data and statistics)
http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/DataAndStats.html

FAO FAOSTAT (Forestry Database)
http://faostat.fao.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=381&lang=en

FAO Trends in wood products 1961-2003
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/008/a0142m/a0142m00.htm

FAO Yearbook of Forest Products 2003
http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5985m/y5985m00.htm

UN COMTRADE database
http://comtrade.un.org/db/default.aspx

UNCTAD Commodity Price Statistics
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1889&lang=1

Eurostat database COMEXT
http://fd.comext.eurostat.cec.eu.int/xtweb

Malaysian Timber Industry Board (Statistics)
http://www.mtib.gov.my/

Monthly Statistics of Japan
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/getujidb/index.htm

Clever links

Multilateral organizations:

Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/cpf/en/

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
http://www.cbd.int/

FAO Forestry Department
http://www.fao.org/forestry/en/

Global Environment Facility (GEF)
http://www.gefweb.org/

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
http://www.itto.or.jp

UNECE Timber Committee
http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/

United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://www.unfccc.int/

World Conservation Union (IUCN)
http://www.iucn.org/

FAO - Directory of forest-related international and regional organizations, institutions and instruments
http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/1662/en

National institutions:

Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas (SERNAP) (Bolivia)
http://www.sernap.gov.bo/

Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Serviço Florestal Brasileiro (Brazil)
http://www.mma.gov.br/index.php?ido=conteudo.monta&idEstrutura=95

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia)
http://www.maff.gov.kh/en/

Société de Développement des Forêts (SODEFOR) (Côte d'Ivoire)
http://www.sodefor.ci/

Ministerio del Ambiente (Ecuador)
http://www.ambiente.gov.ec/

Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs (Egypt)
http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/

Ministry of Fisheries and Forests (Fiji)
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/m_fish_forest.shtml

Forestry Commission (Ghana)
http://www.fcghana.com/

Instituto Nacional de Bosques (INAB) (Guatemala)
http://www.inab.gob.gt/

Guyana Forestry Commission
http://www.forestry.gov.gy/

Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
http://www.envfor.nic.in/

Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia)
http://www.dephut.go.id/

Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute
http://www.lei.or.id/indonesia/

Sabah Forestry Department (Malaysia)
http://www.forest.sabah.gov.my/

Sarawak Forestry Department (Malaysia)
http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/homepage.htm

Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)
http://www.mtcc.com.my/

National Environmental Authority (ANAM) (Panama)
http://www.anam.gob.pa/

Papua New Guinea Forest Authority
http://www.pngonline.gov.pg/government/entry.nsf

Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA) (Peru)
http://www.inrena.gob.pe/

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)
http://www.denr.gov.ph/

Forest Management Bureau (Philippines)
http://forestry.denr.gov.ph/

Royal Forest Department (Thailand)
http://www.forest.go.th/default_e.asp

Research:

Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux (ATIBT)
http://www.atibt.com/

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/

CIRAD - Tropical timber
http://www.cirad.fr/ur/bois_tropicaux

Chatham House (Illegal Logging Website)
http://www.illegal-logging.info/

Chinese Academy of Forestry
http://www.forestry.ac.cn/

Commonwealth Forestry Association
http://www.cfa-international.org/

EcoEarth.Info
http://www.ecoearth.info/

European Forestry Institute
http://www.efi.fi/

European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN)
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/index.html

Projet FORAFRI
http://www.forafri.org/index.php

Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM)
http://www.frim.gov.my/

Forest Research Office, Royal Forest Department (Thailand)
http://www.forest.go.th/Research/English/index.htm

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
http://www2.forig.org/

Institute of Forestry Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry
http://www.caf.ac.cn/newcaf/english/kxs/kxsy.html

Instituto Brasileño de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Renovables (IBAMA) (Brazil)
http://www.ibama.gov.br/

INTERCOOPERATION, Tropical forests (Switzerland)
http://www.tropicalforests.ch/

International Institute for Environment and Development
http://www.iied.org/

International Institute of Tropical Forestry (USDA)
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/welcome.html

International Union for Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)
http://www.iufro.org/

International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
http://www.inbar.int/

International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME) (Japan)
http://www.mangrove.or.jp/

International Wood Products Association (IWPA, USA)
http://www.iwpawood.org/

Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Guyana)
http://www.iwokrama.org/home.htm

Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) (India)
http://www.kfri.org/

Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI)
http://www.kfri.go.kr/eng/

Overseas Development Institute (ODI) - Forest Policy and Environment Group
http://www.odifpeg.org.uk/

Portal Forestal Peruano
http://www.peruforestal.org/

Thailand Environment Institute
http://www.tei.or.th/

Tropical Forest Foundation
http://www.tropicalforestfoundation.org/

Tropical Forest Resource Group
http://www.tfrg.co.uk/

Tropical Forest Trust
http://www.tropicalforesttrust.com/

USDA Forest Service International Programs
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/

West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development
http://www.coraf.org/

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/

Other non-governmental organizations:

Environmental Investigation Agency
http://www.eia-international.org/

Global Forest Watch (World Resources Institute)
http://www.globalforestwatch.org/

Global Witness
http://www.globalwitness.org/

Forest Certification Watch
http://certificationwatch.org/

Forest Conservation Portal
http://www.forests.org/

Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fsc.org/en/

The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
http://www.pefc.org/internet/html/

Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org

World Commission on Forest and Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/wcfsd/default.htm

WWF/World Bank Global Forest Alliance
http://www.worldwildlife.org/alliance/

Partners

This module is the result of cooperation between International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Commodities Branch, UNCTAD aimed at improving the dissemination of statistics, studies and information on tropical timber and tropical forests, as well as enhancing market transparency and information in relation to the tropical market.

This profile was last updated on 8 October 2007