{"id":28717,"date":"2025-09-17T12:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=28717"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:43:09","slug":"blockchain-in-focus-as-timber-legality-experts-gather-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/blockchain-in-focus-as-timber-legality-experts-gather-in-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain in Focus as Timber Legality Experts Gather in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Up to 800 government officials, industry executives and researchers from around the globe will convene in Macau next week for the third Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) at MGM COTAI on Sept. 23\u201324. Co-organized by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Macau\u2019s Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute, with support from the Global Green Supply Chains Initiative Secretariat, the event aims to align booming consumer demand with transparent, low-carbon timber supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the banner \u201cFrom Forest to Home \u2013 An International Dialogue on Emerging Consumer Trends and Supply Chain Innovation,\u201d <\/a>delegates will attend a single plenary session and four specialised sub-forums. Sessions will address timber legality and sustainability, blockchain-based traceability, green finance, and market innovations for the furniture and home furnishings industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe aim to bridge policy and practice by bringing together government, industry and research leaders,\u201d said Samuel Vira, Secretary-General of the ITTO. \u201cBy sharing case studies on certified wood products and advances in traceability, we can accelerate the shift toward legally sourced, climate-friendly timber.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Under
Under the China’s Belt and Road project, more than 30% of the global supply chain of forest products will be directly impacted by Chinese industry – in the planting, production, manufacturing and distribution of products worldwide. (Photo Credit: Brookings Institute)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Running alongside the sessions, an exhibition will feature companies from Germany, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan and China. Exhibitors will showcase certified wood products, low-carbon building materials and emerging traceability technologies, including the latest updates to the Global Timber Index and a blockchain-based Timber Tracking System. \u201cThis display highlights practical solutions that reinforce legal supply chains and drive down emissions,\u201d said Elena Rossi, director of the Global Green Supply Chains Initiative Secretariat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\u2019s role as host underscores China\u2019s dominance in global timber markets. In 2021, China accounted for 18% of worldwide forest-product demand and 71% of Asia\u2019s consumption. The country now imports more than half of its wood requirements\u2014including sawn timber, logs, pulp and paper\u2014and brought in 41 million cubic meters of logs and sawn wood that year alone, much of which is processed locally before re-export.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Up to 800 government officials, industry executives and researchers from around the globe will convene in Macau next week for the third Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum (GLSTF) at MGM COTAI on Sept. 23\u201324. Co-organized by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Macau\u2019s Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute, with support from the Global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"default","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[80,51,52,53,87,45,44,1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[69],"class_list":{"0":"post-28717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"category-americas","9":"category-asia","10":"category-europe","11":"category-events-and-webinar","12":"category-sustainability","13":"category-sustainable-forest-management","14":"category-uncategorized"},"authors":[{"term_id":69,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"woodcentral","display_name":"Wood Central","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MASTER-BRAND-MARK_POS_RGB-e1676449549955.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MASTER-BRAND-MARK_POS_RGB-e1676449549955.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28721,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28717\/revisions\/28721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28717"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=28717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}