International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)

The 59th International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) was held at Pattaya, Thailand in 2023.

ITTC – It is the governing body of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) which meets once a year.
Objectives – To promote sustainable tropical forest management and the trade of sustainably produced tropical timber.
To develop forest-related policies and approve and finance field-level projects.
Membership – It comprises all the 75 ITTO’s members.
Assisted by 4 committees
- Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets.
- Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management.
- Committee on Forest Industry.
- Committee on Finance and Administration.

International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)

It is an intergovernmental organization based on International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 that entered into force in 2011.
Objectives – To promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and conservation of tropical forests.
To expand and diversify international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests.
Membership – It consists of 75 members including India and EU.
ITTO’s membership represents about 90% of the global tropical timber trade and more than 80% of the world’s tropical forests.

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