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Call for abstracts and manuscripts: Identification and Control of the Geographic Origin of Plant Materials

  • August 4, 2020
Research institute, Timber tracking
The open access publisher, Frontiers, is requesting abstracts and manuscripts on the research topic: Identification and Control of the Geographic Origin of Plant Materials: Investigation of Ambient Influences and Environmental Selection. The growing interest in the topic has become relevant for economic and environmental reasons leading to the development of […]
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Follow-up: Canadian wood ID workshop 2020

  • March 30, 2020
Governmental organisation, Network, Research institute, Timber tracking, University
On February 26-28, 2020, the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada organised a Wood Identification Workshop, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, which hosted the workshop at its Pacific Environmental Science Centre in North Vancouver. This workshop, which included a total of 34 participants on site […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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). […]
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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 […]
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Why wood anatomists are more in demand than ever!

  • May 17, 2019
Network
The recently published article in NATURE gives several examples on ways to authenticate wood species and origin from several GTTN members. Scientists are optimistic that these innovative techniques can determine the true origin of timber.  The amount of illegally logged timber is rising again, after a drop in the early 2000s. According […]
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