Issued on behalf of Double Helix Tracking Technologies and 11Foundry by Ken Hickson, ABC Carbon & Sustain Ability Showcase Asia (SASA), Singapore. Earlier in 2021, Double Helix Tracking Technologies and 11Foundry partnered up to deliver a complete solution to managing supply chain risk for forest product importers and operators. 11Foundry’s FiberTrace™ cloud-based software enables companies […]
Worth almost USD 152 billion a year, the illegal timber industry accounts for up to 90% of tropical deforestation in some countries and attracts some of the world’s biggest organised crime groups. It causes serious economic, environmental and social damage and fuels conflict in forest regions where criminal gangs compete for available market and with […]
By Ken Hickson for Focus on Forests Love at first microscopic sight. That’s definitely one way of describing how Dr Arif Malik felt about getting his first job. “I’ve always dreamed of having a job where I could apply all the molecular techniques that I’ve learned to something that could actually make a difference in […]
By Darren Thomas Finally, constructive guidance for European importers of Myanmar Teak, thanks to the judicial system in Sweden: After scrutiny of the facts and evidence, the Swedish courts have ruled that it is possible to mitigate the risk of illegal timber from Myanmar through “appropriate and proportionate” risk reduction procedures. Such procedures can include […]
By Ken Hickson for Focus on Forests “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”. While that’s usually applied to the bride’s attire on wedding days, but as these matrimonial events are very restricted around the world these days, why not apply it to a precious wood instead? Oak. Lockdowns or not, it is still […]
Darren Thomas, co-Founder and CEO of Double Helix Tracking Technologies (DoubleHelix), the Singapore company which pioneered the use of DNA analysis to verify timber species and origin, relocates back to the United Kingdom this month from where he will continue to manage the global business. He and fellow Englishman Kevin Hill established DoubleHelix in Singapore […]
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