One forest products sector characterised by both heavy reliance on smallholder, and where a very large proportion of products is destined for the EU market, is Europe’s domestic wood manufacturing sector. Recent developments in this sector tend to confirm Spencer’s analysis (see previous article here) that the combination of these two factors will encourage greater investment in traceability and verification capacity. The SINTETIC research project launched in June this year aims to deliver a “comprehensive data management scheme” for the EU forest value chain. The project has received €9 million funding from Horizon Europe, the EU’s ...