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Newest developments and technological innovations in the field of timber identification – a testimonial interview with Eleanor Dormontt

  • March 28, 2018
Testimonials, Timber tracking, Working groups
“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 […]
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“TRAFFIC has been involved with GTTN from the beginning” – testimonial interview with TRAFFIC’s Colomban Mac Dowall

  • January 15, 2018
Network, NGO, Testimonials
TRAFFIC, a GTTN partner and leading non-governmental organization, works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. During Forest Legality Week, GTTN spoke with Colomban Mac Dowall, project coordinator with TRAFFIC. “With the common legality framework, TRAFFIC together with WWF’s Global […]
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“GTTN as international exchange platform of scientific knowledge” – testimonial interview with Harisoa Ravaomanalina

  • 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 […]
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“GTTN as a catalyst” – testimonial interview with WRI’s Charles Barber

  • 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 […]
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