It will be regularly updated, through its latest edition in 2016.
Based on a 2-day format that features debates and speeches, this forum is an opportunity to bring together and allow for discussion between members and players of the tropical timber industry. This was the beginning of a long series, with forums organised every two years, and then every year, with a different theme each time that is linked to sector developments and issues.
The ATIBT forum has been held in various cities throughout the world: Manaus, Marrakech, Washington, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Valencia, Libreville, Istanbul, Rome, Brussels, Athens, Shanghai, Belém, Bologna, Ho Chi Min City, Brazzaville, Amsterdam, Milan, and Dubai in 2017. The place of the next edition is to be determined.
Integration of the FAO and support from donors to finance ATIBT’s various projects.
First collegiate efforts dedicated to the sustainable management of tropical forests.
Agreement by the Ivory Coast.