A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Developing an expert database and a reference database with the Global Timber Tracking Network
Authors: Tommi Suominen, Meaghan Parker-Forney
Editors: M.T Cervera, J.A. Cabezas, C. Díaz-Sala
Conference name: Application of high-throughput genotyping technologies for forest tree species identification and timber tracking
Publisher: Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentaci{ó}}n y Medio Ambiente
Publishing place: Madrid, Spain
Publication year: 2018
Book title : Application of high-throughput genotyping technologies for forest tree species identification and timber tracking, 13-15 September 2017, Madrid, Spain.
Web address : https://congresosalcala.fgua.es/descargas/files/OECD_Workshop_proceedings.pdf
Unsustainable
and illegal logging as well as related trade cause many economic and ecological
problems both in producer and in consumer countries. It is one of the major
causes for the loss of biodiversity. Although instruments against such
unsustainable and illegal practices have been established, there is a lack of
understanding how this instruments function in practice and practical control
mechanisms to identify the origin of timber and wood products. Such methods are
one of the fundamental prerequisites for improving forest and wood product
sustainability through efficient import controls or corresponding origin testing
by industry and the trade.
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