ITTO-BMEL PROJECT (PP-A/54-331A)
"PROMOTING QUALITY TIMBER PRODUCTION
IN SMALLHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED TEAK AND
OTHER VALUABLE SPECIES PLANTATIONS
IN THE TROPICS"
Smallholder timber plantations in the tropics have the potential to provide sustainable supply chains of quality timber based on increasing forest landscape restoration initiatives as well as to provide other ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and soil conservation, which can benefit both the local community and the wider region.
Despite Teak (Tectona grandis) plantations have been widely established across 70 tropical countries covering over 6.89 million hectares, the productivity of planted teak is generally low, particularly in plantations established by smallholders and local communities. This is due to poor quality of planting stock, inadequate silvicultural practices, limited financing to produce quality timber, and weak marketing and value chains.
The Project is developed based upon the outcomes of the BMEL-ITTO project “Enhancing Covservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and Legal and Sustainable Wood Supply Chains in the Greater Mekong Sub-region” (PP-A/54-331). The project is also built on ITTO’s comparative advantage in providing support to forestry issues that require strong interface with the public, private sectors and community and proven records of continued accomplishment in policy work and capacity building initiatives in tis producer member countries.
