“Definitely the increasing international interest in illegal logging and thus in timber identification and tracking technologies”, explains Eleanor Dormontt when asked about the newest developments in the field of timber identification technologies. Being a researcher in DNA identification and forensics at the University of Adalaide, Dormontt has extensive knowledge of […]
BVrio – A Bolsa Verde do Rio de Janeiro is a due diligence and risk assessment tool. It is a system which was designed to help timber traders to assess custody and the risk of illegality, based on big data analysis and satellite images, with results kept using block chain […]
Semi-trained or untrained personnel in the timber industry usually has no choice but to identify timber by its color, appearance or other specific features on the wood. An app called MyWood-Id was recently launched to change that. Working with the macro lens on the smartphone, the user should be able […]
“How do you see the future for timber tracking tools in support of implementation of legislations to fight illegal logging? What do you expect from the Global Timber Tracking Network and its future development? What is the work portfolio of the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food in the […]
Yorkshire company Agroisolab, GTTN member since more than three years now, is apparently one of the world’s leading companies when it comes to tracking, assessing and labeling the origin of an enormous range of products – from timber to caviar. A recent article by the Yorkshire Post shed more light on […]
Members of the GTTN network have now the opportunity to publish their work in a special issue of the journal Forests in the section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology. Background of the special issue is to bring different applications of wood research together and support the foundation of global change research. Tropical […]
Approximately 30-90% of all tropical hardwood is harvested illegally. Paper fraud is still a crucial factor in ineffective timber tracking. Researchers from the Department of Forest Ecology and Forest Management of Wageningen University succeeded in developing a method to effectively determine illegal timber. Genetic wood characteristics are excellent indicators for determining […]