21 May 2012: Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive Director of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), and Zhang Shougong, President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on international forestry training for ITTO member countries.

Training topics will include sustainable forest management in the tropics, value-added timber processing, forest products trade, and forestry policy. The joint training programme is funded by the Government of China and with the technical support of ITTO. [ITTO Press Release]