An innovative solution for a transparent and accountable timber supply chain

An innovative solution for a transparent and accountable timber supply chain

December 8, 2020

Timber tracking

The new system brought by iov42, an enterprise-grade blockchain operating platform, promotes transparency and accountability along the timber supply chain. This data-driven solution ensures regulatory compliance and improves supply chain integrity by providing blockchain digital identities to each of the stakeholders that are part of the supply chain and represents […]

GGSC to promote timber legality

October 29, 2019

Network, Timber tracking

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, […]

International Forum: Together Towards Global Green Supply Chains –A Forest Products Industry Initiative

October 22, 2019

ITTO will co-convene the international forum, “ Together Towards Global Green Supply Chains”, in Shanghai and Huzhou, China, on 22–25 October 2019 in response to challenges and the changing demand in consumer markets underpinned by legality and sustainability requirements. The forum will highlight the importance of legal and sustainable wood […]

Washington Forest Legality Week 2019

October 8, 2019

This event is intended to enable dialogue and inspire action and partnerships to more effectively implement and monitor timber trade legality and due diligence measures. Washington Forest Legality Week is a multi-stakeholder, international event, drawing stakeholders from governments, the private sector, civil society, the scientific community, and service providers such […]

IAWA-IUFRO-LPF Joint Symposium of Wood Identification (IUFRO 2019 Congress)

September 29, 2019

IUFRO 2019 Congress will be held at Curitiba of Brazil from September 29 to October 5, 2019. The Congress is calling for abstracts of sessions. Within this Congress, IAWA initiated an IAWA-IUFRO Session (Symposium) — C5d New Methods and Applications of Timber Identification, under the Congress theme Forests and Forest […]

CITES CoP 18

August 16, 2019

The 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was postponed due to the impacts of the heinous acts committed on 21 April 2019 in Sri Lanka. It will now be held in Geneva, […]

International Congress on Baobabs

August 7, 2019

The Groupe des Spécialistes et Passionnés des Baobabs de Madagascar (GSPBM) announces the opening of call for symposium for the International Congress on Baobabs, which will be held in Madagascar, Morondava from 7th to 9th August 2019. The guidelines for submitting a symposium can be found on our website in French […]

Building a Future: Lumber Poaching in Oregon and Brazil

July 4, 2019

Governmental organisation, Network, NGO, Research institute, Timber tracking

This video of KCET focuses on innovative methods to stop illegal logging, both in Oregon and Brazil, where citizens and scientists are working closely together. A team of scientists at the US Fish and Wildlife Laboratory in Oregon is working on a forensic database, aiming that one day this will […]

IAWA-IUFRO International Symposium

May 20, 2019

The main objectives of the symposium are to provide an international forum for experts to exchange the latest related research advances and experiences, as well as to further discuss current focus problems, challenges and opportunities for newly developed wood identification technology. Topics Scientific Understanding to Wood Identification Recent Advances in […]

TRAFFIC starts second phase of illegal timber reduction project

March 15, 2019

Timber tracking

The second phase of TRAFFIC’s project to reduce illegal timber in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Vietnam, and China kicked off in March in Hanoi. This project aims to address the impact of a growing consumer demand for tropical timber in East Asia, and to reduce illegal timber exports. It focuses on reinforcing Chinese and European governments and industry commitments to ensure timber procurement is legal and […]