- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 also known as Tropical Timber 94 was drafted to ensure that by the year
2000 exports of tropicaltimber originated from sustainably managed sources and to establish a fund to assist tropical timber producers in obtaining the resources necessary to reach this objective.The agreement was opened for signature on
January 26 1994 and entered into force onJanuary 1 1997 .It replaced the
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 .Parties
Fifty eight parties signed up to the agreement:
Australia ,Austria ,Belgium ,Bolivia ,Brazil ,Burma ,Cambodia ,Cameroon ,Canada ,Central African Republic ,People's Republic of China ,Colombia ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Republic of the Congo ,Côte d'Ivoire ,Denmark ,Ecuador ,Egypt ,European Union ,Fiji ,Finland ,France ,Gabon ,Germany ,Ghana ,Greece ,Guyana ,Honduras ,India ,Indonesia , Ireland,Italy ,Japan ,South Korea ,Liberia ,Luxembourg ,Malaysia ,Nepal ,Netherlands ,New Zealand ,Norway ,Panama ,Papua New Guinea ,Peru ,Philippines ,Portugal ,Spain ,Suriname ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,Thailand ,Togo ,Trinidad and Tobago ,United Kingdom ,United States ,Uruguay ,Vanuatu ,Venezuela References
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