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. Since 1996, the GFMC is supporting the thematic work of ITTO.
For more information on ITTO’s fire-related work contact: ITTO Division of Reforestation and Forest Management (rfm@itto.int).
In 1997, GFMC supported ITTO in developing National Guidelines for Indonesia and International Guidelines on Fire Management in Tropical Forests (1997). Photos: GFMC and Marc Nicolas.
ITTO Guidelines on Fire Management in Tropical Forests – International)
Under the patronage of the ITTO Policy Development Series, practical assistance to member countries was provided in the 1990s to apply state-of-the-art principles in fire management to ensure the protection and sustainable management of tropical forests. The guidelines were drafted under the leadership of the GFMC in 1994 and finalized by a group of experts in 1996.
National Guidelines on the Protection of Tropical Forests against Fire – Indonesia
Between 1997 and 1999, ITTO and its sister organization, the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) sponsored a project entitled “lntegrated Forest Fire Management in Indonesia – National Guidelines on the Protection of Forests against Fire”.
- ITTO International Workshop on Fire Protection in Indonesia – Guidebook and Agenda (8-9 December 1997)
- ITTO Mission on Forest Fire Prevention and Management to Indonesia and Malaysia (Sarawak) (September 1998)
- National Guidelines on the Protection of Forests against Fire(Final Draft 1998)
- Publication of the National Guidelines on the Protection of Forests against Fire in Indonesia (1999)
ITTO Publications and Reports on Fire Management (including contributions to international conferences)
- Burning down the house (Tropical Forest Update 6 No.1, March 1996)
- International Cross-Sectoral Forum on Forest Fire Management in South East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 7-8 December 1998
- World Conference on Land and Forest Fire Hazards (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-12 June 2002)
- 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)
