OSU opens Wood ID & Screening Center

OSU opens Wood ID & Screening Center

July 8, 2020

The Wood Identification & Screening Center (WISC) recently opened in Oregon State University to act against timber crime around the world. The support of the College of Forestry, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, allows the WISC to increase its reference database and the use of innovative […]

Project Large-Scale final conference

December 3, 2019

The objective of the project was to develop genetic reference data to assign the country of origin for seven tree species in Africa and for seven tree species in Latin America. The project involved partners from eight African countries and four Latin American countries. Please contact Dr Céline Blanc-Jolivet (celine.blanc-jolivet(at)thuenen.de) […]

BBC’s People fixing the world about GTTN

August 5, 2019

Network, Research institute, Timber tracking

The tree detectives episode of BBC’s People fixing the world program clearly explains what GTTN stands for with concrete examples. In the podcast, the reporter talks to a forest concession manager in the Solomon Islands, where there are cases of legally sourced wood shipments mixed with wood from illegal sources. […]

Wood ID tech market survey is out

July 12, 2019

Network, Working groups

We are assessing the market feasibility for wood identification technologies and their current and potential applications. This survey is addressed to experts engaged in enforcement and due diligence activities in both timber producing and consuming countries. Click here to proceed to the survey (also available in ES and FR). We […]