🌳 🇨🇷 Last month ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru visited Costa Rica to engage with forestry sector stakeholders and observe ongoing ITTO-supported projects in the field. 📸 See highlights from the visit in the images below:

🌳In a recent ITTO-@BMLEH_Bund webinar, experts from Japan and India explored how tools such as artificial intelligence and genetic adaptation analysis are helping improve sustainability and livelihoods in teak plantations worldwide. 📖 Read more: https://t.co/QQzaMwCigV

PrepCom to renegotiate International Tropical Timber Agreement to hold first session in November 2026 Read ➡️ https://t.co/MchrekL6sY #timber #trade #forests @itto_sfm

📄#COMUNICADO | México y la @itto_sfm fortalecen cooperación en materia forestal. ➡️ https://t.co/z70UCHgqCX #SomosMedioAmbiente

🚨 New Issue: Tropical Timber Market Report [16-31 October] 🇪🇺Top Story - The @EU_Commission is no longer considering a delay to the EUDR, with its implementation date remaining 30 December 2025. 🔗 Full report: https://t.co/vzSD6u64hZ

🌳 🇹🇭 This week ITTO is at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (#APFW2025) in Chiang Mai, Thailand! Catch ITTO representatives at the side events below 👇 🙋If you are in Chiang Mai, visit the ITTO booth and let's connect! https://t.co/S7Ciy687eK

🌐Highlights from #ITTC61 - 31 October 2025 ITTC61 concluded with the adoption of four decisions, the election of new Council leadership for 2026, and renewed pledges to advance the sustainable management of tropical forests and trade of tropical timber. https://t.co/t2AtXLu6hh

Hoy tuvimos una valiosa reunión con miembros de la @itto_sfm, para intercambiar ideas y agradecer todo el trabajo que realizan. La ITTO agrupa a 76 países miembros, que representan más del 80% de los bosques tropicales del mundo y cerca del 90% del comercio global 🌎de maderas

At #ITTC61, Council authorized financing for the immediate implementation of 20 projects, pre-projects, and activities, and endorsed the approval of nine projects and pre-projects obtained through its “no-objection” procedure Read ➡️ https://t.co/Icso3FeVQk #timber #trade

🌐 Highlights from #ITTC61 - 30 October 2025 🌳 🇵🇦 Day 4 of ITTC61 focused on preparations for the renegotiation of the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA), alongside announcements of new donor pledges to advance ITTO’s work. Full coverage: https://t.co/yWByKiWkR9

At #ITTC61 Thursday, the Council discussed the arrangements for negotiating the new International #TropicalTimber Agreement, focusing not only on the roadmap for the negotiations but also on the possible scope and structure of the new agreement Read ➡️ https://t.co/eC7BguyJ9q

🌐 Highlights from #ITTC61 - 29 October 2025 🌳 🇵🇦 Discussions centered on progress under the Biennial Work Programme, partnerships, and the next steps for a new International Tropical Timber Agreement. Full coverage: https://t.co/pb6LpKYpUW

Delegates at #ITTC61 showcased work carried out by @itto_sfm, presenting lessons from their ITTO projects The Committee on #Reforestation and #Forest Management approved new project proposals in Brazil, Peru, and Guatemala, and two each in Togo and Benin https://t.co/mjM5wBtJwX

🌐 Highlights from #ITTC61 - Day 2 🌳🇵🇦 Joint committee sessions brought producer and consumer countries together to review project progress and present the perspectives of the Civil Society and Trade Advisory Groups, shaping ITTO's work. Full coverage: https://t.co/VArglrQcRO

At #ITTC61 Tuesday, Trade and Markets Day heard a variety of civil society and private sector voices The Trade Advisory Group highlighted good trade policy leads to long-term forest protection and called for an update to the 2004 Trade Barriers Study ➡️ https://t.co/DoYvulkqpr

🌐 Highlights from #ITTC61 - 27 October 2025 🌳 🇵🇦 The 61st session of the International Tropical Timber Council opened in Panama City, Panama with calls for strengthened collaboration between ITTO's producer and consumer members. Full Day 1 coverage: https://t.co/0tLPeRFhwu

#ITTC61 discussed a report on possible elements for future negotiations on the replacement of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, including a broader mandate with non-wood forest products and environmental services Highlights ➡️ https://t.co/RuZ0crx7wv #forests

🌳 Wood-based biomass energy has the potential to revolutionize resource utilization, energy efficiency, and clean energy technology adoption in tropical countries. 📖 More on ITTO's promotion of wood-based bioenergy at the 7th @RD20_AIST_GZR Conference: https://t.co/rf84P4tWZR

🌳 The 61st Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC61) is happening next week, 27–31 October 2025, in Panama City! 📢Follow our daily coverage for insights, highlights, and key decisions shaping the future of the tropical timber sector: https://t.co/1KcsxTqT12

🎯September 2025 #GlobalTimberIndex is out now! 🗺️ The GTIs for Ghana, China, and Indonesia were all above the 50% threshold while tariffs have prompted the timber sector to explore market diversification. 🔗More on last month's key timber market trends: https://t.co/b1lDK81JzT