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At the meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organization held in Bali in 1990, ITTO adopted the target of ensuring that all tropical timber marketed internationally should, by the year 2000, come from forests that are managed sustainably.

Nineteen papers examine the importance of the region’s wetlands resources and the critical conservation issues faced.

The Workshop on Greek wetlands held in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1989, brought together 26 Greek and international experts and representatives of the EEC and Ramsar Convention, to review the problems facing Greek wetlands; to identify the priority problems; and recommend effective solutions.

The special significance and characteristics of mountains often require that major portions of them be afforded extra care or protection. Many have received legislative recognition by designation as parks or reserves of various kinds, and there are some 430 mountain protected areas worldwide.