Workshop to Share Experience, Knowledge and Challenges on Implementation of Tools for Combating and Preventing Illegal Logging Activities and Associated Trade
February 23, 24 and 25, 2019
Intercontinental Santiago Hotel, Av Vitacura 2885, Las Condes, Parinacota meeting room.
Santiago, Chile

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