GFMC and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Joint GFMC and ITTO Activities
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) (www.itto.int) is an intergovernmental organization established by a United Nations-negotiated treaty to promote sustainable development through tropical forest management, tropical forest conservation, and a sustainable tropical timber trade. ITTO formulates policies related to the sustainable management of tropical forests (including on the management of forest fire) and funds projects to implement such policies in the forest.
For more information on ITTO’s fire-related work contact: ITTO Division of Reforestation and Forest Management (rfm@itto.int).
Major ITTO Publications and Reports on Wildland Fire Management
- ITTO Guidelines on Fire Management in Tropical Forests
- International Cross-Sectoral Forum on Forest Fire Management in South East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 7-8 December 1998
- ITTO Mission on Forest Fire Prevention and Management to Indonesia and Malaysia (Sarawak),1998
- Fire Alarm! (ITTO brochure, 2009; PDF)
- Putting a Break on Wildfire (Tropical Forest Update 24 No.2, August 2015) (English Web version, PDF, 2.6 MB) (English Print version, PDF, 20 MB)
Reports from ITTO Meetings
- ITTO’s Role In Tropical Forest Fire Management: Report on a side-event held in conjunction with the 32nd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council, May 2002
- Decision of the 33rd Session of the ITTC concerning support of member countries, co-sponsorship of the 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference and Summit (Australia, October 2003), and cooperation with the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), November 2002
- Report to the International Tropical Timber Council from the 43rd Session of the Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (13 November 2009) (PDF)
- ITTO Biennial Work Programme for the years 2012-2013 (PDF)
- ITTO International Fire Management Projects Evaluation 2015 by GFMC, presented at the 51st Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2015 (PDF)
