Tracing the world’s timber: the status of scientific verification technologies for species and origin identification

Tracing the world’s timber: the status of scientific verification technologies for species and origin identification

August 11, 2022

Results of this newly published study show that for species identification, reference data exist for 100% of taxa using wood anatomy, 86% using genetics, 41% for using DART TOFMS, and 6% using NIRS. For origin identification, data exist for 24% of taxa, with most studies applying genetic approaches (23%).

Take a look at the latest IAWA newsletter

August 28, 2020

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking

The International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) just published their latest edition of the newsletter and we are happy to share it. There is an important call to participate in the Global Xylaria Survey. This survey aims at updating the IAWA Index Xylariorum 4.1, which was released in 2016 and […]

The new IAWA Newsletter is out

August 15, 2019

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking

The International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) just published their latest edition of the newsletter and we are happy to help spread the good word out. This issue highlights the outcomes of recent events such as the IAWA-IUFRO International Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities for Updating Wood Identification (supported by GTTN). […]

Timber tracking and trade in South America – a report from GTTN’s Regional Workshop in Peru

November 26, 2018

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

Between November 7 and 9, the GTTN Secretariat organized the Regional Workshop for Latin America in Lima, Perú. Over 70 representatives from academia, law enforcement agencies, customs, international organizations and NGOs actively participated in the different sessions. The workshop brought together stakeholders who do usually not communicate: a nature protection […]

One app for Amazon wood identification

November 5, 2018

Network

With support of the Regional Amazon Program (BMZ, DGIS, GIZ) and the German Thünen Institute, the Laboratory of Forest Products of the Brasilian Forest Service and the Amazon Institute for Scientific Research (SINCHI) in Colombia, agreed in 2009 to develop an electronic key to identify Amazonian tree species. They were […]

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 […]

Indonesia develops rapid wood identification system

October 21, 2018

Governmental organisation, Research institute, Timber tracking

As a result of a collaboration between the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and the Ministries of Environment and Forestry and Research, Technology and Higher Education an innovative technology for wood identification called AIKO has been developed in Indonesian language. A lead researcher, Esa Prakasa, said AIKO is a mobile phone […]

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 […]

Towards a strategic collaboration with timber producing countries

July 9, 2018

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

A report from GTTN’s Regional Workshop in Africa To increase awareness amongst African stakeholders from the field of research, government and non-governmental institutions, development partners, and the private sector about the Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN), and the growing potential of timber tracking techniques to help curb illegal logging in […]

Training School in Quantitative Wood Anatomy using ROXAS in Padova, Italy

June 25, 2018

The 5th International Training School in Quantitative Wood Anatomy using ROXAS – From Samples to Data organized by the TeSAF department, University of Padova and the WSL Dendrosciences Group. Anybody interested in quantitative wood anatomy is invited, including researchers and technicians of all levels of experience. Participation will be limited […]