World Forest ID

World Forest ID creates the scientific infrastructure for companies, governments, and certification schemes to test and verify the origin of products in supply chains. Forest protection sits at the heart of its mission, with a focus on testing deforestation-linked commodities, like timber, soy, cocoa, coffee, shrimp, and beef, to support current policy initiatives designed to control illicit trade, advance nature-based solutions to environmental challenges, and drive meaningful change toward more transparent sourcing systems.

World Forest ID collects samples from forests and farms worldwide and analyzes them for location-specific chemical markers, building a global reference database. Traded products retain the same chemical signatures, which can be measured and compared against this database to verify origin.

World Forest ID’s non-commercial nature allows it to work across public and private sectors, creating a standardized way to verify origin, designed for the common good rather than any single interest. Credible, transparent traceability systems like this are critical to solving the intertwined challenges of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, safeguarding the food systems and forests future generations will depend on.

Connect with World Forest ID to:
●      Hear how chemical testing works in practice
●      Test products in your supply chains
●      Donate reference samples
●      Explore opportunities for project collaboration