ITTO presentation

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ENHANCED COLLABORATION AND SYNERGIES BETWEEN ITTO
AND CITES 2006-07 WORK PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION and
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED
SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA
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Enhanced cooperation
Provide for enhanced cooperation on CITES matters
related to tropical timber among governments
(including CITES authorities), the private
sector, and civil society

• Ramin expert meeting
• KL, 16-19 May
• 50 participants (range states, importers, trade,
  NGOs, IGOs)
• Report to ITTC XLI, published thereafter
• Mahogany Working Group meeting
• Lima, 28-30 June, ITTO/CITES/UNEP led
• 40 participants (range states, importers, trade,
  NGOs, IGOs)
• Report to ITTC XLI

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Improve capacity (1)
Improve capacity of Members to implement CITES
listings of timber species

• Implementation approach under development
• Major activities foreseen
• Recruitment of regional/overall coordinators
• Development of national/regional plans and
  projects
• Design of resource inventories
• Develop/implement improved management plans
• Undertake case studies on and develop guidelines
  for making NDFs

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Improve capacity (2)

• Major activities foreseen (contd)
• Establish (or support existing) national/regional
  fora dealing with management of endangered timber
  species
• Develop cost-effective regulatory systems for
  endangered timber species (tracking, market
  studies, incentives)
• CITES training workshops
• Input from members welcome

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Improve capacity (3)

• Status of funding
• US250,000 already pledged through ITTO
• US2.3 million grant proposal to be submitted to
  EU by ITTO/CITES in July