WRI raising awareness for the potentials of wood DNA testing

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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, […]

Adventurers Callout to collect samples to fight illegal logging

April 23, 2018

Governmental organisation, Research institute, Timber tracking, Uncategorized

Are you a hiker, backpacker or sea kayaker? Adventure Scientists and the World Resources Institute need volunteers to collect bigleaf maple samples such as leaves, seeds, or tree cores from select sites in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia this spring and summer. These samples will be used by DNA4 […]

“Nirwood” – new NIR project for the timber market

April 10, 2018

Network, Research institute, Uncategorized

NIRWOOD, created by GEA Forestal, aims at being the first commercial system for on-site identification of quality and origin of wooden products, based on Near-Infrared Technology (NIR). It is a partially EU-financed SME Instrument (Horizon 2020 Program) project dedicated to the development of a NIR (Near-Infrared) Spectrometer. NIR spectrometers are […]

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

December 22, 2017

Network, Timber tracking, Uncategorized

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 […]

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 […]

WRI raising awareness for the potentials of wood DNA testing

Adventurers Callout to collect samples to fight illegal logging

“Nirwood” – new NIR project for the timber market

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

New Report: APEC Illegal Logging Best Practices Resource Guide

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