Timber Legality and Sustainability
Specialized Sub-forum 1
on Timber Legality and Sustainability:
Addressing Uncertainty in Global Timber Trade Barriers
Time and Venue
Time: 24 September 2025, 09:00-13:30
Venue: 1/F Ballroom I
Co-organized by
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF)
This specialized sub-forum will discuss current issues related to timber trade barriers among different stakeholders, which will share experiences and learn from different views voiced by actors along the supply chains of timber and timber products on aspects related to international timber trade barriers. Informing the existing and direction of development of advanced technology and innovations will facilitate respective authorities and business actors of consumer and producer countries to deal with timber trade barriers at national, regional and global scale.
The specialized sub-forum will be divided into two sessions as follows:
Session 1: Effects of timber trade barriers on legal and sustainable supply chains
This Session will discuss the dynamics of timber and timber products trade with regard to barriers that need to be anticipated and dealt with by all actors along the supply chains.
Session 2: Appropriate innovations in response to evolved challenges of legal and sustainable timber supply chains
The discussions in Session 2 will highlight the role of advanced technologies and innovations to support stakeholders along the supply chains of timber and timber products to address challenges and opportunities of timber trade barriers to minimize its negative impacts.
Programme and Schedule
· Opening Remarks by Ms. Sheam Satkuru, ITTO Executive Director
Moderator: Ms. Sheam Satkuru, ITTO Executive Director
Presentations (75 minutes):
How to Survive in a Scenario of Increasing Global Barriers to the Timber Trade
· Dr. Ivan Tomaselli, President, STCP Brazil
Timber Legality and Sustainability – are global timber trade barriers leading to uncertainty?
· Mr. Nils Olaf Petersen, Secretary General, European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF)
Communicating a Country’s Regulation on Combating Illegal Logging – The Case of Australia Illegal Logging Prohibition Act
· Ms. Cassandra Price, Assistant Director, International Forest Policy, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia
Navigating Global Timber Trade Barriers: Challenges and Strategies for Indonesia’s Furniture Industry Perspective
· Mr. Erick Luwia, Vice President, the Indonesian Furniture Industry and Handicraft Association (ASMINDO)
Specific Measures Introduced/Steps Taken by Malaysia to Meet International Timber Market Regulations
· Dr. Farrah Shameen, CEO, Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)
Panel Discussion (45 minutes):
· Dr. M. Nurudeen Iddrisu, Director of Trade and Industry, ITTO
· Dr. Ivan Tomaselli, President, STCP Brazil
· Mr. Nils Olaf Petersen, Secretary General, European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF)
· Ms. Cassandra Price, Assistant Director, International Forest Policy, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australian
· Mr. Erick Luwia, Vice President, the Indonesian Furniture Industry and Handicraft Association (ASMINDO)
· Dr. Farrah Shameen, CEO, Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC)
Moderator: Mr. Nils Olaf Petersen, Secretary General, European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF)
Presentations (75 minutes):
The Use of Block-Chains Technology to Support Legal and Sustainable Supply Chains: an Introduction of the Blockchain-based Timber Traceability System (BTTS)
· Ms. Yuran Fu, Project Expert, ITTO BTTS Activity
Development of Innovative Integrated Timber Data in the Asia-Pacific for Enhancing Legal Timber Trade
· Dr. Ratih Damayanti, Director of Research Policy, National Research and Innovations Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
Technology-Driven Approaches to Legal and Sustainable Timber Supply Chain in the Philippines
· Dr. Jennifer M. Conda, Researcher, Department of Science and Technology, Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Philippines
Development of DNA-based wood species identification and other techniques for Timber legality
· Dr. Jiyoung Ahn, Research Official, National Institute of Forest Science, Korea
Strengthening Forest Enforcement Activities at Log Export Points through Innovation Initiatives and Stakeholder Collaboration
· Dr. Modin anak Ambau, Law Enforcement Division, Sarawak Forest Department, Malaysia
Panel Discussion (45 Minutes):
· Ms. Cindy Cheng, Director, FSC Asia-Pacific Region
· Dr. Ratih Damayanti, Director of Research Policy, National Research and Innovations Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
· Dr. Jennifer M. Conda, Researcher, Department of Science and Technology, Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Philippines
· Dr. Jiyoung Ahn, Research Official, National Institute of Forest Science, Korea
· Dr. Modin anak Ambau, Law Enforcement Division, Sarawak Forest Department, Malaysia
Ms. Sheam Satkuru, ITTO Executive Director
Contact Person
ITTO Secretariat:
Mr. Tetra Yanuariadi – tetra@itto.int (WhatsApp: +819030671963)
Ms. Elsie Yang – yang@itto.int