GTTN Working Groups 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 they discussed the working papers on Standardization, on Lab Finder and Reference Database, and on the Communication and Advocacy Strategy. Moreover, they discussed practical questions and developed milestones for the future organization of the Working Groups
WG 3 focused on assembling needs of policy makers, practitioners and researchers to guide and fine-tune method development; and inform researchers and stakeholders along the global timber supply chain network about available services.