Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity
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Resumo: | Fraud and misrepresentation in forest products supply chains is often associated with illegal logging, but the extent of fraud in the U.S. forest products market, and the availability of forensic expertise to detect it, is unknown. We used forensic wood anatomy to test 183 specimens from 73 consumer products acquired from major U.S. retailers, surveyed U.S. experts regarding their forensic wood anatomy capacity, and conducted a proficiency-testing program of those experts. 62% of tested products (45 of 73) had one or more type of fraudulent or misrepresented claim. Survey respondents reported a total capacity of 830 wood specimens per year, and participants' identification accuracy ranged from 6% to 92%. Given the extent of fraud and misrepresentation, U.S. wood forensic wood anatomy capacity does not scale with the need for such expertise. We call for increased training in forensic wood anatomy and its broader application in forest products supply chains to eliminate fraud and combat illegal logging. |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacityFraud and misrepresentation in forest products supply chains is often associated with illegal logging, but the extent of fraud in the U.S. forest products market, and the availability of forensic expertise to detect it, is unknown. We used forensic wood anatomy to test 183 specimens from 73 consumer products acquired from major U.S. retailers, surveyed U.S. experts regarding their forensic wood anatomy capacity, and conducted a proficiency-testing program of those experts. 62% of tested products (45 of 73) had one or more type of fraudulent or misrepresented claim. Survey respondents reported a total capacity of 830 wood specimens per year, and participants' identification accuracy ranged from 6% to 92%. Given the extent of fraud and misrepresentation, U.S. wood forensic wood anatomy capacity does not scale with the need for such expertise. We call for increased training in forensic wood anatomy and its broader application in forest products supply chains to eliminate fraud and combat illegal logging.World Resources InstituteWorld Wildlife FundUS Forest ServiceWWFCtr Wood Anat Res, Forest Prod Lab, Madison, WI 53726 USAUniv Wisconsin, Dept Bot, Madison, WI 53706 USAPurdue Univ, Dept Forestry & Nat Resources, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USAUniv Estadual Paulista Botucatu, Ciencias Biol Bot, Sao Paulo, BrazilSimeone Consulting LLC, Anchorage, AK USAWorld Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th St,NW, Washington, DC 20037 USAWorld Resources Inst, Washington, DC 20006 USAUniv Estadual Paulista Botucatu, Ciencias Biol Bot, Sao Paulo, BrazilPublic Library ScienceCtr Wood Anat ResUniv WisconsinPurdue UnivUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Simeone Consulting LLCWorld Wildlife FundWorld Resources InstWiedenhoeft, Alex C.Simeone, JohnSmith, AmyParker-Forney, MeaghanSoares, RichardFishman, Akiva2019-10-04T12:16:03Z2019-10-04T12:16:03Z2019-07-25info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article13http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219917Plos One. San Francisco: Public Library Science, v. 14, n. 7, 13 p., 2019.1932-6203http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18470910.1371/journal.pone.0219917WOS:000484977900040Web of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengPlos Oneinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-22T18:33:21Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/184709Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T23:57:51.254166Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in retail forest products exceeds US forensic wood science capacity |
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Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. |
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Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. Simeone, John Smith, Amy Parker-Forney, Meaghan Soares, Richard Fishman, Akiva |
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Simeone, John Smith, Amy Parker-Forney, Meaghan Soares, Richard Fishman, Akiva |
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Ctr Wood Anat Res Univ Wisconsin Purdue Univ Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Simeone Consulting LLC World Wildlife Fund World Resources Inst |
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Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. Simeone, John Smith, Amy Parker-Forney, Meaghan Soares, Richard Fishman, Akiva |
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Fraud and misrepresentation in forest products supply chains is often associated with illegal logging, but the extent of fraud in the U.S. forest products market, and the availability of forensic expertise to detect it, is unknown. We used forensic wood anatomy to test 183 specimens from 73 consumer products acquired from major U.S. retailers, surveyed U.S. experts regarding their forensic wood anatomy capacity, and conducted a proficiency-testing program of those experts. 62% of tested products (45 of 73) had one or more type of fraudulent or misrepresented claim. Survey respondents reported a total capacity of 830 wood specimens per year, and participants' identification accuracy ranged from 6% to 92%. Given the extent of fraud and misrepresentation, U.S. wood forensic wood anatomy capacity does not scale with the need for such expertise. We call for increased training in forensic wood anatomy and its broader application in forest products supply chains to eliminate fraud and combat illegal logging. |
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