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Tropical timber forensics: A multi-methods approach to tracing Bolivian “Cedrela”

  • November 29, 2018
Network, Timber tracking, University
Illegal logging is one of the main drivers of species degradation and contributors to global warming. This practice negatively impacts forest stakeholders at international and local level. Effective control strategies are required to counteract illegal harvesting and trade of tropical timber. Stable isotopes, chemical properties, and DNA are non-manipulative tree characteristics and […]
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International Event Timber trade and the conservation of forests

  • October 8, 2018
Five years of experience with EU timber regulation and the Thuenen Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber Five years ago, in March 2013, the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) came into force. At the same time, the “Thünen Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber” was founded at […]
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GTTN in practice: genetic wood analysis

  • April 17, 2018
Research institute, Timber tracking
At the lab of Forest Genetics in the Thünen Institute, GTTN Communications recently had the chance to observe how genetic timber tracking and species identification work in practice and produce a video to explain this method of wood analysis. It is a complex technical process, with every step being executed […]
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