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What does the Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN)
[https://globaltimbertrackingnetwork.org/] offer to combat illegal
timber trade? GTTN invites stakeholders from government and
non-government institutions, academia, public and private sector,
forestry and timber sectors as well as law enforcement agencies to
join the GTTN Regional Workshop in Lima, Peru, from 7-9 November 2018.
The Workshop aims at the following:
* Increasing awareness of stakeholders in Latin America about GTTN
and the growing potential of timber tracking techniques to help curb
illegal logging, also by giving the floor to regional and
international scientists active on the development of reference data
for Latin American wood species.
* Identifying interest and potential demand or prospective barriers
for adoption of timber tracking techniques in Latin America.
* Mapping existing capacities and know-how with laboratories already
involved with timber tracking as well as with laboratories that
currently apply their competencies to other areas (e.g. agriculture,
CITES species other than wood etc.).
* Identifying the needs for knowledge transfer and financial
assistance for developing skills, knowledge and tools and with the aim
to adopt timber tracking technologies including the collection of
sample material and the development of reference data.
* Handling and sharing of intellectual property rights, concerning
technology, methodology, reference data, thereby also addressing
issues relating to Access and Benefits Sharing (with reference to the
Nagoya Protocol).
* Identifying interest for the development of strategic partnerships
(with private sector, key institutions and decision makers) within
Latin American countries in the application of the timber tracking
technologies.
* Exploring avenues for collaboration and up-scaling GTTN initiative
between demand and supply side countries for effective wood
traceability systems (including e.g. timber legality assurance
systems, CITES monitoring, due diligence systems etc.).
Please register early due to limited seating capacity.
PROVISORY AGENDA
Session 1: Introduction to GTTN
Session 2: Timber identification capacities in Latin America
Session 3: Interests, demands and barriers for wood ID in Latin
America
Session 4: Towards a Latin American regional network node for GTTN
Excursion
Please contact us directly (gttn@efi.int) if you would like to
participate once the registration is closed.
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