Researchers led by Jakub Truszkowski developed a model combining chemical data from several tree genera that more accurately traces where wood was harvested, especially where reference samples are scarce.
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Fine, a model that traces timber to where it was cut. Great. So who’s going to check the paperwork when a shipment comes in labeled “domestic” and the chemistry says otherwise? Because the last time this country tried to track illegal logging, the loggers just got better at lying, and the inspectors got a bigger spreadsheet.
Oh great, another “breakthrough” that will sit in a journal until the next grant cycle.
Great, another model to tell me where my table came from. Did it trace the lumber’s paperwork too, or just the logging crew’s excuses?
Another “breakthrough” in timber tracing, and I’m supposed to remember a similar one that went nowhere? Fine, but this one at least promises a fix for the part everyone keeps skipping: the reference samples. Still waiting on the rest.
