INTERNATIONAL TROPICALTIMBER COUNCILCOMMITTEE ON
REFORESTATION AND FOREST MANAGEMENTDistr.
GENERAL
CRF(LVIII)/19 September 2024
Original: ENGLISH

FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION
2–6 December 2024
Yokohama, JapanPROVISIONAL AGENDA

1.

Opening of the Session

2.

Adoption of Agenda and Organization of Work

3.

Admission of Observers

4.

ITTO Annual Market Discussion – 2024

5.

Policy Work

6.

Report of the Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals

7.

New Projects and Pre-projects

8.

Report on Completed Projects, Pre-projects, and BWP Project-based Activities

9.

Ex-post Evaluations

10.

Review of Projects, Pre-projects, and BWP Project-based Activities in Implementation

11.

Projects, Pre-projects, and BWP Project-based Activities Awaiting Implementation Agreement

12.

Projects and Pre-projects Awaiting Financing

13.

Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for 2025

14.

Dates and Venues of the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Sessions of the Committee

15.

Other Business

16.

Recommendations to the International Tropical Timber Council

17.

Report of the Session

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ANNOTATIONS TO THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Item 1 - Opening of the Session
The Fifty-eighth Session of the Committee will be chaired by Sr. Jorge Mario Rodríguez (Costa Rica)
who has been elected as Chairperson for 2024.
Item 2 - Adoption of Agenda and Organization of Work
[Document CRF(LVIII)/1]
The Committee may consider the Provisional Agenda and adopt it for the session. On the organizationof work, it is to be noted that the schedule of meetings for the work of the Committee will be determined afterusual consultations. The Committee may also constitute the usual informal open-ended working group(s) toassist in the consideration of specific matters related to the Agenda. Items 4, 6 and 9(A) of the Agenda will beconsidered at a joint session of the Committees.
Item 3 - Admission of Observers
The Committees may admit those observers as approved by the Council to attend the session asobservers.
Item 4 - ITTO Annual Market Discussion – 2024
This item will be taken up in the joint session of the Committees, as part of a Trade and Markets Day
during the session (an agenda for the proposed Trade and Markets Day will be circulated prior to the session).
The theme of the 2024 ITTO Annual Market Discussion as proposed by the Trade Advisory Group (TAG) is“Production and Trade—Rising Costs and Weakening Demand”. An information note detailing the scheduleand speakers for the 2024 ITTO Annual Market Discussion will be circulated prior to the session.
Item 5 - Policy Work
ITTC policy work assigned to Committees, pursuant to ITTC Decision 4(XXV) include:• Restructure the agendas of the Committees to include a separate agenda item for policy work;• Use the current ITTO Strategic Action Plan, the policy-relevant aspects of the ITTO Biennial Work
Programme (BWP), the findings of completed projects and Council Decisions as the primary basis foridentifying items for policy development; and• Decide during each session of each Committee those subjects which will be discussed under the agenda
item “Policy Work” during its next session and agree upon the way to prepare for such a discussion in theCommittee.
The Secretariat will report out on the following work and may consider the progress in theirimplementation:(i)Monitor Progress in the Application of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management[Activity 5, ITTO BWP 2024-2025]a) Adapting the 2006 ITTO Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management to African
context / Dissemination and information sharing in ITTO member countries in Africa[Activity 5, ITTO BWP 2024-2025](ii)

Revision of the ITTO Guidelines on Fire Management in Tropical Forests[Activity 7, ITTO BWP 2024-2025](iii)

Developing and Operationalizing ITTO’s Policy Guidelines to Members[Activity 8, ITTO BWP 2024-2025]a) Dissemination of the ITTO Guidelines for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics[Activity 8 (b), ITTO BWP 2024-2025]b) Support for Women’s Groups with Gender Empowerment and Forest Landscape Restorationin Togo [Activity 8 (c), ITTO BWP 2024-2025]

CRF(LVIII)/1Page 3(iv)Joint ITTO–CBD Collaborative Initiative for Tropical Forest Biodiversity / Programme document
2024–2025 in relation to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework[Activity 9, ITTO BWP 2024-2025](v)

Collaboration on Criteria and Indicators for SFM[Activity 11, ITTO BWP 2024-2025]

Item 6 - Report of the Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals[Document ITTC/EP-59]
The report of the Fifty-ninth Expert Panel, which was convened virtually in August-September 2024, iscontained in document ITTC/EP-59. Pursuant to Annex B of ITTC Decision 4(XXV), the general observationsof the report produced by the Expert Panel shall be considered under this item in a joint session of theCommittees.
Item 7 - New Projects and Pre-projects[Document ITTC/EP-59]
The Committee will be informed of the assessments and recommendations of the 59th Expert Panel for
the Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals, held virtually in August-September 2024.
Item 8 - Report on Completed Projects, Pre-projects, and BWP Project-based Activities[Document CRF(LVIII)/2]
The Committee may consider the report prepared by the Secretariat as contained in document
CRF(LVIII)/2 on the following project that may be declared complete:
8.1

Completed Pre-project(s)

None.
8.2

Completed Project(s)1)

PD 452/07 Rev.5 (F)Sustainable Management of Production Forests at the Commercial Scale inthe Brazilian Amazon – Phase II (Brazil)

2)

PD 764/14 Rev.3 (F)Enabling Customary Landowners to Participate Effectively in Community
Forest Management Schemes Within 6 Pilot Areas of PNG (PNG)

3)

PP-A/56-342A

Strengthening SFM Standards and Timber Legality Framework in Myanmar(Myanmar)

4)

PP-A/59-353

Enhancing the Value of Secondary Natural Forests through their Sustainable
Use, Generating Rural Employment in a Post-Covid Context (Costa Rica)

Item 9 - Ex-post Evaluations(A)

Ex-post Evaluation Report[Document CRF(LVIII)/4]

At its last session, the Committee agreed to conduct an ex-post evaluation on the following projects
below, utilizing remaining unspent funds from the two projects, complemented with additional funds from the
ex-post evaluation pool, as necessary. The ex-post evaluation is intended to provide an in-depth analysis ofthe lessons learned from the implementation of these two fire projects and will provide input into the revisionof the ITTO Guidelines on Fire Management in Tropical Forests.
Project ID

Title

Country

PP-A/56-340-1

Capacity Building on Forest and Land Fire
Management in Indonesia

Indonesia

ITTObudget(USD)
1,105,263

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Project ID

Title

Country

PP-A/56-340-2

Forest Fire Prevention and Response in TropicalForests and Forest Plantations in Peru

Peru

ITTO
budget(USD)
1,105,263

The Committee may consider the results of the forest fire thematic group ex-post evaluation carried outby a team consultants, as contained in document CRF(LVIII)/4.
(B)

Selection of Projects for Ex-post Evaluations in 2025-2026

For the Committee’s consideration and decision, a list will be presented of projects eligible for ex-post
evaluations along with possible-thematic groups for evaluations, if there is enough completed projects.
Item 10 - Review of Projects, Pre-projects, and BWP Project-based Activities in Implementation[Document CRF(LVIII)/3]
To further streamline its work, the Committee, in accordance with ITTC Decision 4(XXV), Annex A,
Section VI, requested that reporting and discussion during the Session be limited to projects and pre-projects
that are:- having implementation problems;- requiring additional funds;- requesting extension in time of more than six months beyond the original duration of the project; or- requesting essential major modifications of the work plan and budget.
The Committee may consider the report prepared by the Secretariat as contained in Document
CRF(LVIII)/3 on the progress or status of projects, pre-projects and activities approved for financing andimplementation by the Council. The status of some projects, pre-projects and activities may change from thetime this agenda is distributed to the time Document CRF(LVIII)/3 is prepared and the time the Session isconvened. The report covers the following:
10.1 Projects and Pre-Projects in Implementation
1)

PD 712/13 Rev.3 (F)Enhancing the Implementation of Landscape Management of Giam Siak
Kecil-Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve (GSK-BR) in Riau Province of Sumatra
Island, Sumatra - Phase I (Indonesia)

2)

PD 808/16 Rev.5 (F)Conservation of African Barwood (Pterocarpus Erinaceus Poir) in theGazetted Forests of La Palee and Boundiali in Northern Côte d’Ivoire with theParticipation of Local Communities - Phase I (Côte d'Ivoire)3)

PD 836/17 Rev.2 (F)Enhancing Capacity of Local Communities and Forest Administration toEffectively Implement Community Forestry Programme (CFP) in Kratie andMondulkiri Provinces of Cambodia (Cambodia)

4)

PD 849/17 Rev.2 (F)Increasing Commercial Reforestation Competitiveness in Costa Rica
(Costa Rica)

5)

PD 902/19 Rev.3 (F)Management of Upper Baram Forest Area for Conservation and Sustainable
Development with Involvement of Local Communities, Upper Baram,Sarawak, Malaysia (Malaysia)

6)

PD 905/19 Rev.3 (F)Providing Support for the Sustainable Management of the Fosse-aux-Lions
Gazetted Forest in the Savanna Region in Togo – Phase I (Togo)

7)

PD 916/21 Rev.2 (F)Pilot Sustainable Management Systems for Secondary Natural Forests in theCollective Afro-descendant Community Territory of the Bajo CalimaCommunity Council, Municipality of Buenaventura, Colombia (Colombia)

8)

PD 927/22 Rev.2 (F)Development of an Information System on the Potential of Wood and Carbon
to Support Sustainable Forest Management in South Kalimantan, Indonesia(Indonesia)

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PD 931/23 (F)Promoting SFM and Local Wood Consumption through Capacity Buildingand Improving Regulation in the North Zone, Costa Rica (Costa Rica)

10)

PD 932/23 (F)Assessment and Dissemination of Knowledge and Experience for Ex-Situ
Conservation and Plantation of Caoba in Northern Coastal Area, Peru (Peru)11)

PD 934/23 Rev.1 (F)Strengthening the Conservation of the Critically Endangered Rosewood(Dalbergia spp.) in Dakrong Nature Reserve and Dong Nai Conservation
Landscape, Vietnam (Vietnam)

12)

PP-A/59-351

Community-Based Restoration of Cyclone-Affected Vulnerable Mangrove
Forests through the Empowerment of Coastal Communities and Women inthe Rewa Delta, Fiji (Fiji)

13)

PP-A/59-352

Community Empowerment in Forest Management and Forest Landscape
Restoration in Upper Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia (Malaysia)

14)

PP-A/60-368

Strengthening the Resilience of Indigenous Mayan Communities in Tropical
Forests of the Yucatan Peninsula through the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
in the Context of the Maya Train Project (Mexico)10.2 BWP Project-based Activities in Implementation
1)

PP-A/54-331A

Promoting Quality Timber Production in Smallholders and Community-based
Teak and Other Valuable Species Plantations in the Tropics(BWP Activity 3)

2)

PP-A/56-341B

Support for Women’s Groups with the Restoration of Forest Landscapes inthe Prefectures of Blitta and Lacs, Togo – Phase III (Togo)(BWP Activity 8c)

3)

PP-A/56-341C

Support for Women’s Groups with the Restoration of Forest Landscapes inthe Departments of Ouémé and Zou, Benin (Benin)(BWP Activity 8c)

Item 11 - Projects, Pre-projects, and BWP Project-based Activities Awaiting Implementation
Agreement
1)

PD 903/19 Rev.3 (F)Management of Sungai Menyang Conservation Area for Orangutan Protection
and Uplifting Community Livelihood, Sarawak, Malaysia (Malaysia)

2)

PP-A/60-367

Critical Upliftment of Local Livelihoods: Urgent Actions for Community-BasedConservation and Development in Upper Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia(Malaysia)

3)

PP-A/60-370

Integrated project to Strengthen sustainable management systems andmonitoring the miombo forest against degradation processes for food security,
rural employment and climate mitigation action (Angola)

Item 12 – Projects and Pre-projects Awaiting Financing
In accordance with ITTC Decision 2(X), Council approved projects which have not been funded within
a validity period of 20 months may be revised and resubmitted to the (Committee) Council. Failingresubmission, the Project will lose its status as an approved Project and fall under the sunset provision.
Projects with an asterisk (*) will become sunset between the 58th and 59th CRF Sessions.
1)

PPD 203/23 Rev.1 (F)*Support for the Promotion and Sustainable Management of Community
Forests in the Oti Plain, Togo (Togo) [$117,712.00]

2)PD 712/13 Rev.3 (F)Enhancing the Implementation of Landscape Management of Giam Siak
Kecil-Bukit Batu Biosphere Reserve (GSK-BR) in Riau Province of Sumatra
Island, Sumatra - Phase II (Indonesia) [$248,154.00]

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PD 808/16 Rev.5 (F)Conservation of African Barwood (Pterocarpus Erinaceus Poir) in theGazetted Forests of La Palee and Boundiali in Northern Côte d’Ivoire with theParticipation of Local Communities – Phase II (Côte d'Ivoire) [$246,488.00]

4)

PD 905/19 Rev.3 (F)Providing Support for the Sustainable Management of the Fosse-aux-Lions
Gazetted Forest in the Savanna Region in Togo - Phase II (Togo)[$282,624.16]

5)PD 925/22 Rev.2 (F)*Support to the Local Communities of the Mono Plain for the Promotion andSustainable Management of Community Forests in Togo (Togo)[$591,808.00]

Item 13 - Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for 2025
The election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for 2025 will be the subject of consultations within
the Council and the Committees.
Item 14 - Dates and Venues of the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Sessions of the Committee
The dates and venues of the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Sessions of the Committee are determined in relation
to the dates and venues fixed by the Council for its Sixty-first and Sixty-second Sessions.
Item 15 - Other Business
The Committee may consider any matters raised for discussion under this item.
Item 16 - Recommendations to the International Tropical Timber Council
The Committee may consider recommendations to the Council on projects, pre-projects, policy workand any other matters concerning reforestation and forest management.
Item 17 - Report of the Session
The Committee may consider and adopt a report containing recommendations to the Council.
The Committee may request the Chairperson to present the report during the Sixtieth Session of the Council
for consideration and adoption.

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