Legal or not? Domestic timber market in Cameroon

Legal or not? Domestic timber market in Cameroon

June 24, 2018

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) discusses that the demand for legal timber is still low in Cameroon, but this might change in the coming years. A recent research conducted by CIFOR shows a growing number of consumers looking for legal and sustainable products in the domestic timber market […]

NEPCon survey: companies’ experience with Due Diligence and EUTR

June 20, 2018

Network

NEPCon is conducting a survey for EU-based companies to tell their experiences with Due Diligence and EU Timber Regulation (EUTR). This is part of the Supporting Legal Timber Trade project, which aims to show timber-related businesses how to align with the EU Timber Regulation and discover possibilities of gaining a […]

WRI raising awareness for the potentials of wood DNA testing

June 13, 2018

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking, Uncategorized

GTTN partner World Resources Institute (WRI) recently posted a blog article on how “DNA Testing Can Save Trees from Illegal Logging”. By referring to a scandalous case in 2015, when Washington state sawmill owner Harold Clause Kupers was found guilty for buying logs illegally harvested from Gifford Pinchot National Forest, […]

Canadian Forest Service – Wood Identification Workshop

June 8, 2018

Governmental organisation, Network, Timber tracking

On April 24-26, 2018, the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada hosted a Timber Identification Workshop at its research center in Quebec City, Quebec. The workshop focused on opportunities to apply science capacity to increase current ability to identify CITES- and non-CITES listed tree species and their geographic origins. The […]

June 5, 2018

Network, Testimonials, Timber tracking

In preparation for the upcoming GTTN Regional workshop in Cameroon, GTTN member and forest engineer for GERSYN Services, Germain Yene Yene, shares with us some of his thoughts on GTTN’s challenges and priorities. To have the timber industry on board is important, sure, but in order for the network to […]