The organization, which brings together producer and consumer countries to work on tropical forest conservation and trade, has advised all member governments of the situation.
Located in Yokohama, Japan, ITTO funds a large number of diverse forest based projects designed to assist tropical countries manage and sustain their timber and forest resources.
Finance is raised through an annual levy related to the size of the each member country’s trade in tropical timber.
ITTO’s well respected and widely circulated Market Information Service bulletins are not affected.