Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition 2019 Conference

Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition 2019 Conference

November 20, 2019

The European timber sector has focused on both ensuring its sources of supply are legal and on growing market share for verified sustainable tropical wood. The Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) 2019 Conference looks at how these dual efforts can interrelate to increase verified sustainable timber supply and demand and […]

GTTN Regional Workshop in Beijing, China

May 22, 2019

The Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN) Regional Workshop for Asia will be organised back-to-back with the IAWA-IUFRO international symposium on “Challenges and Opportunities for Updating Wood Identification”, from 20-23 May, in Beijing, China. This is through cooperation with the Chinese Research Institute of Wood Industry of the Chinese Academy of […]

GTTN Regional Workshop in Lima, Peru

November 7, 2018

The Global Timber Tracking Network’s (GTTN) is inviting to our Regional Workshop, taking place on 7-9 November 2018 in Lima, Peru. From around the globe, GTTN brings specialists together to further develop (the combination of) innovative technologies like DNA-analysis, stable isotope analysis, mass spectrometry and other methods with modern wood […]

2018 European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC) Conference

October 25, 2018

The STTC Conference will be centered around the theme of market intelligence and increasing the sustainable tropical timber market share. Take part and you’ll share and learn from the experience of companies, trade federations, governments and NGOs in both gathering data and using it to grow the market for verified […]

Battling Illegal Timber Trade with the Xylotron

October 23, 2018

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking, University

Four researchers from Ghana are currently on campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to learn the ins and outs of UW-Madison wood identification technology in an effort to bring the knowledge back to their home country. Emmanuel Ebenyenle, Senior Research Scientist at the CSIR Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, and […]

Celebrating 5 years of EUTR

October 18, 2018

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

On October 8-9, 2018, GTTN members met with representatives from the European Commission, the US Government, ITTO, NGOs, scientists, competent authorities, and the private sector at the five-year celebration of the implementation of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) and the Thünen Centre of Competence on the origin of timber. […]

Timber Legality Research Symposium

October 17, 2018

The Timber Legality Research Symposium is an output of ProdJus (Supranational Forest Governance in an Era of Globalising Wood Production and Justice Politics) and will be held in association with the FLARE network (Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement) and adjacent to the FLARE Annual Meeting October 18-20, 2018. […]

Sourcing Legally Produced Wood: A Guide for Businesses

September 27, 2018

Network, Timber tracking

The Forest Legality Initiative‘s Legality Guide ‘Sourcing Legally Produced Wood: A Guide for Businesses — 2018 Edition’ has been updated and expanded. In the new 2018 version you can find information on: The international community’s response to illegal logging including updated information on demand-side laws and regulations such as the […]

Joining forces: GTTN and the CITES network

August 2, 2018

Network, Timber tracking

The GTTN Secretariat joined the 24. CITES Plants Committee from 23-25 July 2018 to introduce the network and to discuss joint objectives and opportunities for collaboration. GTTN hosted a side event, offered input during the session of the CITES Working Group on wood identification, and organized a joint informal meeting […]

Legal or not? Domestic timber market in Cameroon

June 24, 2018

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) discusses that the demand for legal timber is still low in Cameroon, but this might change in the coming years. A recent research conducted by CIFOR shows a growing number of consumers looking for legal and sustainable products in the domestic timber market […]