Wood Chat

• Contribution to climate change: Identifies wood, promoting environmental conservation and strengthening wood traceability to combat illegal deforestation.

• Use of technology: The platform combines computer vision, machine learning, deep learning and natural language models (LLMs) to identify species from photos sent via WhatsApp, where the user interacts with a Generative AI chatbot, called “Violeta”.

Application examples:

• Timber companies that use Wood Chat to identify wood species with high accuracy.

• Environmental and tax agencies that use technology to check the legality of timber shipments, speeding up inspections and reducing fraud.

• Researchers and academic institutions collaborating to expand the species database.

• Teachers who use it to promote environmental education.

To learn more: Wood Chat