Technical representatives from the ACTO Member Countries will be participating in the training course to be held on May, in Brasilia.
The Bioamazon Project, in partnership with the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) and the Forest Products Laboratory (LPF) will conduct the course “Tropical Timber Identification Methodologies”, on May 09 to 13, 2022, at the Amazon Regional Observatory the facilities.
It is intended to sponsor professionals who require technical information for the identification of wood-producing species, by providing useful knowledge in different areas such as environmental, as well as in the wood sector related to inspection, export, forest management, authorization of forest resources and others.
Nowadays, one of the main challenges for the preservation of forests in South America is the ability to control the exploitation, transport and trade of tropical timber species. The growing demand for wood has intensified the pressure on key species, significantly impacting on forests structure, especially in the Amazon region. In this sense, it is extremely important to develop new techniques and tools to carry out this control to achieve the necessary sustainability.
Target audience
Thirty participants will attend the face-to-face course in Brasilia, Brazil, of which sixteen are technical representatives of ACTO Member Countries. Technicians from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the Forest Products Laboratory (LPF), the Federal Police and the University of Brasilia, Brazil, as well as technicians from ACTO will also participate.
This training course is taught within the actions of the Bioamazon Project to strengthen the tools developed by the Forest Products Laboratory of the Brazilian Forest Service (LPF/SFB) for the control and identification of timber species. It will also offer an opportunity to share experiences and strengthen partnerships among governments and investigation and control agencies in the Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization.
The course will include theoretical and practical activities; It will be given by technicians from the LPF, along with the contributions of guest speakers. In addition to acquiring knowledge about the anatomical identification of wood, the electronic key for the identification of timber species, and the application technique of NIRS (near infrared spectroscopy) technology and equipment, the attendees will visit the facilities of the Forest Products Laboratory.
Published in the Bioamazon Newsletter, issue n. 14, March-April 2022.
