Catch up on your reading list for the holidays: new reports and papers in the GTTN library

Catch up on your reading list for the holidays: new reports and papers in the GTTN library

December 22, 2017

The GTTN Secretariat just updated the GTTN library. Under Papers and Reports we provide extensive new reading material. You will find anything from timber traffic in East and Southern Africa to Quercus robber and Quercus petrea in Europe, from microscopic and macroscopic analysis of wood features to high resolution melting […]

December 20, 2017

Network, Research institute, Testimonials, Timber tracking

At this moment, technicalities are the biggest obstacles of successful timber tracking in Madagascar according to Harisoa Ravaomanalina, assistant professor at the University of Antananarivo and a member of Scientific Authority Board of CITES. Rosewood and Palisander are commercial names for Dalbergia wood, additionally to other local names for the popular […]

December 12, 2017

Network, Research institute, Testimonials, Timber tracking

Accompanying the GTTN Working Group Meetings in Washington D.C. this fall, Gesche Schifferdecker – communications manager for GTTN and the European Forest Institute, interviewed Charles ‘Chip’ Barber, Director of the Forest Legality Initiative at World Resources Institute (WRI). Illegal logging is the first issue that comes up when concerned with deforestation […]

GTTN joined PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue

December 7, 2017

Network, NGO, Research institute, Timber tracking, Working groups

Under the theme Making Certification SMART this year the PEFC explored and discovered new and emerging technologies which show promise for supporting forest certification. The 2017 PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue brought together forest sector stakeholders, leading technology providers, innovators and sustainability experts to exchange views on what’s needed, what’s working and where are […]

Combating Blood-Stained Timber Trade: Jo Van Brusselen on Timber Certification

December 4, 2017

Network, Timber tracking

Jo Van Brusselen, principal scientist with the European Forest Institute and GTTN-coordinator, was interviewed by Deutsche Welle (DW) on illegal logging and related trade and asked to reflect on the government’s as well as the consumers’ potential to put an end to it. On Friday, DW – the German foreign […]

New Report: APEC Illegal Logging Best Practices Resource Guide

December 1, 2017

Network, Uncategorized

In August 2017, stakeholders from the public sector, academia, and international organization from 18 APEC member economies, as well as representatives from Cambodia, Colombia, Laos, Myanmar, Ecuador, and Germany attended the APEC Workshop on Customs Best Practices to Identify Illegal Timber and Wood Products. The workshop aimed to share best […]