28 June 2013 ， ITTO news - The Government of Brazil ratified the ITTA, 2006 on 18 October 2013 becoming the Sixty-sixth Party to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 in accordance with Article 39 (4) of the Agreement. Brazil contains the largest area of tropical forest in the world, concentrated in its Amazon...

2September 2013, Woodworking Network news - A new move to stop African farmers from burning down forests to plant crops is being launched with a $21.5 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The traditional method of farming in the region involves the cutting and burning of trees and...

15 August 2013, IISD news - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forestry Ministers have released the Cusco Ministerial Statement, whichsets out their aspirations for future cooperation in the area of forestry. The Statement was released at the close of the Second APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Forestry, held in...

24 July 2013, IISD news - The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) reported on its support to community forestry enterprises (CFEs) in Mexico as a measure to combat climate change and increase livelihoods. The focus on CFEs in Mexico is tied to the land tenure system under which 60% of the countrys forests are managed communally...

28 June 2013 ， ITTO news - A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ITTO and the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Korea Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) was signed by Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka, the Executive Director of ITTO and Dr. Hadisusanto Pasaribu, the Executive Director of AFoCo on 27 June...

1 July 2013, IISD news - The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) has released the report of its tenth session held on 4 February 2011, and from 8-19 April 2013. The report includes two resolutions for the attention of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): the first on progress in the implementation of the non-legally binding...