The 40th session of the International Tropical Timber Council has allocated several million dollars to new projects and considered procurement policies in consumer countries.

At the session, which took place in Mérida, Mexico, from 29 May to 2 June 2006, the Council allocated a total of US$3.9 million to a number of new projects, including initiatives on shoot-borers in timber plantations, management of mangrove and flood forests, and funding for an African regional parliamentary conference on the sustainable management of Central African forest ecosystems. ITTO’s Annual Market Discussion addressed tropical timber procurement policies in consumer countries, and a number of side-events were convened on challenges facing community forestry enterprises. The Council is the governing body of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), and meets regularly to discuss a wide-ranging agenda aimed at promoting sustainable tropical forest management and the trade of sustainably produced tropical timber.
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ITTO press release, 2 June 2006