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An ITTO supported project contributed to the sustainability of tropical rain forest through curbing illegal logging as well as to poverty alleviation by recognising the right of the local community to use the resources in accordance with their customary laws. In collaboration with GTTN members from University of Adelaide, they […]
On February 26-28, 2020, the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada organised a Wood Identification Workshop, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, which hosted the workshop at its Pacific Environmental Science Centre in North Vancouver. This workshop, which included a total of 34 participants on site […]
Wood collections or xylaria can be considered sleeping beauties in terms of scientific progress. Although there are vast opportunities for advancement, they are currently not in proportion to ongoing research projects, stresses Dr. Deklerck. His dissertation takes a closer look at the potential of xylaria for timber species identification (Chapter […]
WRI, Agroisolab (GTTN member organisations), Kew Gardens and FSC’s Global Timber Reference Project gained some high-profile recognition recently and appeared in both the BBC and CNN. Jenny Marc (CNN) reports with a video and an article called A library of trees could protect the forest, visiting Gabon, Agrisolab in Germany […]
The 2019 European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) Conference, held in Berlin, Germany, on 20 November engaged participants in various discussions about the coordination, collaboration and exchange needed between FLEGT and forest certification schemes. IDH also used the conference to officially launch the report: Unlocking Sustainable Tropical Timber Market Growth […]
The International Tropical Timber Organisation‘s Forum Together towards Global Green Supply Chains, held in Shanghai on 22-24 October 2019, highlighted the need to foster closer collaboration and exchange between all partners in global supply chains by sharing information and enhancing collaboration and know-how based on voluntary work among forests managers, […]
The International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) just published their latest edition of the newsletter and we are happy to help spread the good word out. This issue highlights the outcomes of recent events such as the IAWA-IUFRO International Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities for Updating Wood Identification (supported by GTTN). […]
The tree detectives episode of BBC’s People fixing the world program clearly explains what GTTN stands for with concrete examples. In the podcast, the reporter talks to a forest concession manager in the Solomon Islands, where there are cases of legally sourced wood shipments mixed with wood from illegal sources. […]
We are assessing the market feasibility for wood identification technologies and their current and potential applications. This survey is addressed to experts engaged in enforcement and due diligence activities in both timber producing and consuming countries. Click here to proceed to the survey (also available in ES and FR). We […]