New IAWA Newsletter: Seize the Opportunity

New IAWA Newsletter: Seize the Opportunity

February 23, 2018

The International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA), an association dedicated to raise awareness of the place of wood anatomy in science, technology and in the conservation of environmental resources, has released their newsletter for February 2018. The newsletter covers upcoming events for building bridges and facilitating knowledge exchange or for […]

Near real-time monitoring of forest change with Global Forest Watch

February 16, 2018

Network, NGO, Timber tracking

Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests. With the help of satellite technology, GFW provides near real-time information about where in most importantly how forests are being altered around the globe. Global Forest Watch includes profiles of around 170 countries, small […]

Calculating the environmental impact of uncertified timber

February 12, 2018

Network, NGO, University

The European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) , an alliance dedicated to increasing the demand for certified timber and the sustainable harvest of tropical wood, recently informed about an interesting new calculating tool. A collaboration between FSC Netherlands and the global business consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) brought about a new calculator, […]

GTTN Working Groups Reports online now

February 8, 2018

Network, Working groups

Under “Meetings” in our document library you are now able to find three reports, resulting from fruitful and interesting discussions during the GTTN Working Group meetings on 19-20 October 2017. GTTN Working Groups were to address key issues related to the successful development of timber tracking tools and policies and promote […]

Your chance to contribute to the product scope of the EUTR

February 5, 2018

Governmental organisation, Timber tracking

After assessing and evaluating the effectiveness and the success of the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) over the past two years, it had to be noted that the EUTR – although covering a great number of timber products – is still showing deficits in its inventory. Consequence of this assessment was that the European […]