NTFP & Timber Management

Technology tools for
Timber and NTFP management

This section provides information on innovative technology tools used across the globe for sustainable management of timber and Non-Timber Forest Products. The modules and functionalities of these tools include a) resource inventorying, b) harvesting and value addition, c) logistics and transportation, d) marketing/ trading, e) financial monitoring, f) compliance monitoring and reporting, g) documentation and generation of different reports. There is limited technology tools used for inventorying NTFPs and mapping of supply chains and value chains of NTFPs. There are many online platforms/ e-commerce platforms available for trading of agriculture and forest products including NTFPs. A number of innovative technology tools have been developed by tech agencies, sustainable management certifying agencies for timber management. Some of these tools can also be used for sustainable management of NTFPs. The table below presents some of the innovative technology tools for timber, which can also be used for NTFP management.

CONNECTEDFOREST

CFFOREST is a spatially enabled Enterprise Resource Planning system for forest owners – a spatial integrated system for land and forest management. The system has tools like SilvePRO and Land Resource Manager that help in management of land records, forest inventory, silviculture and harvest activity planning and tracking, environmental management, certification, infrastructure management, wood procurement, and customers. The system has other versions like CFBUSINESS, CFHARVEST, and CFLOGISTICS.

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Trimble Forestry One

It is an integrated platform to connect and leverage operational, spatial, and environmental data to enhance decision-making with forest inventory, harvest planning, logistics and supply chain traceability. The platform addresses the critical technical challenges related to disconnected workflows, siloed data, and outdated interfaces etc.

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Timbeter

Timbeter tool has been developed by an Estonian based forest technology company. It is a mobile application that runs on android and iOS platforms to provide AI driven timber measurement and helps timber industries to have accurate information, reduce human errors, reduce waste, manage supply chains etc.

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Pallitracks

Pallitracks has been developed by Prosygma, a tech company based in Cameroon to meet the legal compliance of timber certification and trade – FSC and OLB. The tool is used to cover all operations in a timber supply chain including inventorying, evacuation and export tracking, felling, skidding, forest preparation, rolling, customer reception, marketing, billing, and financial analysis.

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RADIX

RADIX Tree developed by Global Traceability is a complete solution for timber management, chain of custody certifications and traceability. The tool helps the users to manage their inventory and shipments and in legal risk assessments based on information provided. The tool provides secure encryption and confidential data storage and imports data from multiple formats.

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Ghana Electronic Wood Tracking System (GWTS)

The Forestry Commission under the guidance of EU co-developed a Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) in Ghana for verification and audit of harvesting, processing, and trade of legally sourced timber. Under TLAS, a Wood Tracking System (GWTS) was also developed to ensure sourcing, transportation and export of legal timber following the global timber legality assurance standards.

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