GTTN Timber Tracking Workshops

GTTN Timber Tracking Workshops

October 19, 2017

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 […]

Washington Forest Legality Week 2017

October 17, 2017

Building on the tradition of the Forest Legality Alliance semi-annual partners’ meeting that WRI hosted in past years, WRI is pleased to announce that it will host the first “Washington Forest Legality Week” October 17-19, with the generous support and cooperation of the U.S. Forest Service. The Washington Forest Legality […]

Asian countries develop timber import controls

September 13, 2017

Governmental organisation, Network, Timber tracking

Legislation on timber import is now emerging in several Asian countries. The non-profit organization “Forest Trends” (with support from UK aid) recently published a report on the current legislative developments regarding illegal logging in Asia, looking at Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and China. With Asian countries introducing […]

Application of high throughput genotyping techs for forest tree species identification and timber tracking

September 13, 2017

The goal of the workshop is to discuss possible strategies to efficiently transfer information and experience among worldwide genomics initiatives to guide the development of standardised protocols for DNA extraction and strategies to identify SNP sets, with high discrimination power, from the most relevant timber species threatened by illegal logging […]

Addressing multiple drivers of deforestation via innovative certification methods

September 8, 2017

Governmental organisation, Network, NGO, Timber tracking

How to address causes of deforestation other than illegal logging was on the agenda at a conference held by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels in June. The theme of the conference was evaluation and future work for the EU Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT). […]

Adaptation of the Macroscopical Timber Identification Tool CITESwoodID to COP17 Timber Listings

July 24, 2017

Twenty-third meeting of the Plants Committee Agenda and documents Online registration

Africa: Independent Forest Monitoring to Boost Transparency

July 7, 2017

Network

Independent forest monitoring by civil society can improve transparency and help strengthen checks on illegality in the forest sector in Africa, an international conference heard last month in Accra. Over 70 experts from ten countries including Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Liberia, Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo attended […]

Highlights of EC conference on tackling deforestation and illegal logging

July 6, 2017

Timber tracking

On 21-23 June 2017, the European Commission met with stakeholders from across the world to discuss future work on tackling deforestation and illegal logging. The meeting, in Brussels, attracted more than 250 representatives from timber producer and consumer countries, private sector and civil society, indigenous and local communities, European Union […]

Factory staff registering dried teak, Yangon, Myanmar by EU FLEGT Facility

Myanmar commits to address gaps in timber legality assurance system for improved forest governance

June 23, 2017

Timber tracking

The Government of Myanmar has committed to improving the country’s timber legality assurance system following the release of a report that analysed the “gaps” in the system in the context of internationally recognised principles, requirements and best practices. The Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC) commissioned the gap analysis report in […]

Briefing: Developments of the EUTR, April-May 2017

June 20, 2017

Network

Briefing note compiled by UNEP-WCMC as a consultant of the European Commission in close cooperation with the Member States Competent Authorities. The briefing note provides an overview of recent developments relevant to the implementation and enforcement of the EUTR, where specific attention of EU Member States is warranted and enforcement […]