Wood experts meet in Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: About 100 wood experts from 12 countries are
\nattending a six-day conference in Yogyakarta to discuss the
\nlatest in wood research deemed beneficial for industrial and
\nconservation purposes.<\/p>\n
Organizing committee chairman Sri Nugroho Marsoem said the
\nconference, which started on Sept. 10, would also discuss how to
\nrecognize wood from illegal sources.<\/p>\n
\"By examining the wood's stabile isotope and its mineral
\ncontent we can judge whether the wood is from illegal logging
\nbecause the same kind of wood planted in different regions will
\nhave different characteristics,\" Sri said.<\/p>\n
The conference is organized by Gadjah Mada University's School
\nof Forestry, the International Association of Wood Anatomy and
\nthe Wood Anatomy and Quality Research Group of the Japan Wood
\nResearch Society.<\/p>\n
Participating in the fifth Pacific Region Wood Anatomy
\nConference are representatives of research institutes and
\nuniversities from Japan, Russia, Ireland, South Korea, China,
\nIndia, Malaysia, Germany, Iran, and the United States. --JP<\/p>",
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