Editing Traceability (section)

===Forest products===
Within the context of supporting legal and sustainable forest [[supply chain]]s, traceability has emerged in the last decade as a new tool to verify claims and assure buyers about the source of their materials. Mostly led out of Europe, and targeting countries where [[illegal logging]] has been a key problem ([[FLEGT]] countries), timber tracking is now part of daily business for many enterprises and jurisdictions. Full traceability offers advantages for multiple partners along the supply chain beyond certification systems, including:

* Mechanism to comply with local and international policies and regulations.
* Reducing the risk of illegal or non-compliant material entering the supply chains.
* Providing coordination between authorities and relevant bodies.
* Allowing automatic reconciliation of batches and volumes available.
* Offering a method of stock control and monitoring.
* Triggering real-time alerts of non-compliance.
* Reducing likelihood of recording errors.
* Improving effectiveness and efficiency.
* Increasing transparency.
* Promoting company integrity.

A number of timber tracking companies are in operation to service global demand.

Enhanced traceability ensures that the supply chain data is 100% accurate from the forest to the point of export. Nowadays, there are techniques to predict geographical provenance of wood and contribute to the fight against illegal logging.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Yuri | first1 = Gori | last2 = Ana | first2 = Stradiotti | last3 = Federica | first3 = Camin | year = 2018 | title = Timber isoscapes. A case study in a mountain area in the Italian Alps | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 13 | issue = 2| page = e0192970 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0192970| pmid = 29451907 | pmc = 5815615 | bibcode = 2018PLoSO..1392970G | doi-access = free }}</ref>