The Global Timber Tracking Network kindly invites to join the GTTN Working Groups meetings on 19-20 October 2017, which are organized back-to-back with the Forest Legality Week in Washington, D.C..
GTTN Working Groups will address key issues related to the successful development of timber tracking tools and policies and promote their use to reduce illegal logging and associated trade worldwide. In face-to-face meetings, we will discuss the working papers on Standardization, on Lab Finder and Reference Database, and on the Communication and Advocacy Strategy. Furthermore, we will address practical questions and develop milestones for the future organization of the Working Groups.
The GTTN workshops are organized in collaboration with and kindly hosted by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Thursday 19 October 14:00-19:00
Plenary Meeting in WRI Large Conference Room on 7th floor
13:00-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:10 Welcome
14:10-14:30 GTTN-2 objectives, structure, governance
14:30-15:00 GTTN-2 – network composition
15:00-15:30 Network and intellectual property
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-16:30 Working Paper on Standardization: presentation and discussion
16:30-17:00 Working paper on Lab Finder and Reference Database
17:00-17:30 Communication and Advocacy Strategy
17:30-19:00 Dinner and Drinks reception
Friday 20 October 09:00-17:30
08:00-08:45 Breakfast and coffee
09:00-12:00 Developing roadmaps for the working groups: Breakout sessions (by GTTN core activities)
| Standardization | Databases | Advocacy |
12:00-12:30 Report-back in plenary and discussion; Decision on afternoon meeting modus (see option 1 and option 2 below).
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Option 1
13:30-15:30 Breakout sessions (by timber tracking technology, addressing the key topics from the core activity discussions)
| anatomy | DNA | isotopes | spectrometry | NIR |
Option 2
13:30-15:30 Breakout sessions could also be organised by task forces to further the work on the agreed action items of the morning sessions.
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Roadmap updates: Report-back in plenary and discussion
17:00-17:30 Next steps, closing of the meeting
Meeting documents
- Meeting input documents
- Meeting output documents