Workshop to Share Experience, Knowledge and Challenges on Implementation of Tools for Combating and Preventing Illegal Logging Activities and Associated Trade

Saturday, February 23, 2019. Workshop Day 1

Session 1: Remote Sensing tools for Global and Regional Level

Global Forest Watch Glad Alerts
Ms. Ruth Nogueron, World Resources Institute (WRI) – USA

Logging and Extraction Monitoring Unit (LEMU)
Mr. Gonzalo Tapia, National Forestry Service (CONAF) – Chile

Session 2: Remote Sensing tools for Regional Level

Satellite Monitoring Unit (Video conference)
Ms. Blanca Ponce, National Forest Service and Wildlife (SERFOR) – Peru

Forest Monitoring using Remote Sensing (FMRS)
Mr. Wan Abd Hamid Shukri Bin WAN ABDUL RAHMAN, Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia – Malaysia

Session 3: Other on-field tools

Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for EGILAT
Ms. Anna Tyler, Ministry for Primary Industries – New Zealand

Vehicle Plate Recognition System (VPRS)
Mr. Chun-Lin Lin, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology – Chinese Taipei

Law Enforcement Officers
Ms. Shelley Gardner, United States Forest Service (USFS) – USA
Sunday, February 24, 2019. Workshop Day 2

Session 1: Traceability and related tools

Challenges and limitations on implementing timber tracking systems
Mr. David Kennan, Elements Software – Chile

Update on wood identification tools to promote legal timber trade in China
Mr. Yafang Yin, Chinese Academy of Forestry – China

Session 2: Wood identification tools

Machine-vision wood identification, Xylotron
Ms. Shelley Gardner, United States Forest Service (USFS) – USA

A science-based approach to supporting legal wood product imports in Canada
Ms. Virginie-Mai HÔ, Canadian Forest Service – Canada

Session 3: Timber origin tracking tools

DNA Finger Prints for timber
Mr. Andrew Lowe, University of Adelaide – Australia

Global Timber Tracking Network (GTTN)
Mr. Neil Garbutt, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Australia