{"id":53211,"date":"2021-11-19T17:35:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53211"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:03:24","slug":"ukraine-to-track-timber-shipments-via-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ukraine-to-track-timber-shipments-via-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine to track timber shipments via blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has joined a pilot project run by the Forest Stewardship Council to track timber movement on international markets using blockchain technology. This was announced by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/victor.smal.ua\/posts\/3004122709843835\\\">\u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u043b<\/a> Viktor Smal, deputy head of the State Forestry Resources Agency for digitalisation.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, demand for deploying the system is constant from global producers seeking to source raw materials only from verified origins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;Data on timber, its origin and movement will accumulate in decentralized international databases. Blockchain technology will ensure the integrity of the information and prevent misuse of data already entered,&#8221; the official said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first users of the system will be state-owned enterprises subordinate to the Forestry Resources Agency in the Zakarpattia region.<\/p>\n<p>The entered data will help track timber from country of origin to further movements on international markets. <meta charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"> Ukrainian timber will meet all international requirements for transparency and traceability of raw materials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;The forestry sector of our country has traditionally been considered very closed. We are changing that through digitalisation. The implementation of such projects demonstrates our readiness for openness and transparency,&#8221; Viktor Smal said in a ForkLog commentary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Worldwide, besides Ukraine, China is already using the new system. The results of the pilot will determine its wider deployment in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Ukrainian MPs urged EU leaders to create <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ukrainian-lawmakers-urge-eu-leaders-on-blockchain-integration\">a unified infrastructure for blockchain services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the public association \\&#8221;Virtual Assets of Ukraine\\&#8221; sent the Prime Minister a roadmap <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/plan-for-eu-blockchain-integration-proposed-to-ukraines-prime-minister\">for implementing DLT technology in public administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine joined a pilot project by the Forest Stewardship Council to track timber movements on international markets using blockchain technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,2138,36,16],"class_list":["post-53211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain","tag-logistics","tag-regulation","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53213,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53211\/revisions\/53213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}