A new method for the timber tracing toolbox: applying multi-element analysis to determine wood origin

A new method for the timber tracing toolbox: applying multi-element analysis to determine wood origin

To effectively reduce illegal timber trade, law enforcers need forensic methods to independently verify claims of wood origin. Multi-element analysis of traded plant material has the potential to be used to trace the origin of commodities, but for timber it has not been tested at relevant large scal...

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Main Authors: Laura E Boeschoten, Mart Vlam, Ute Sass-Klaassen, Barbara Rocha Venâncio Meyer-Sand, Ulfa Adzkia, Gaël D U Bouka, Jannici C U Ciliane-Madikou, Nestor L Engone Obiang, Mesly Guieshon-Engongoro, Joël J Loumeto, Dieu-merci M F Mbika, Cynel G Moundounga, Rita M D Ndangani, Dyana Ndiade Bourobou, Mohamad M Rahman, Iskandar Z Siregar, Steve N Tassiamba, Martin T Tchamba, Bijoux B L Toumba-Paka, Herman T Zanguim, Pascaline T Zemtsa, Pieter A Zuidema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
illegal logging
wood chemistry
random forest
blind sample analysis
tropical timber
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc81b

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