TEAKNET - Online Teak Resources and News
To promote interactions and share wealth of information among the stakeholders of teak wood sector, Teaknet of Asia Pacific Region was established in 1995 with the support of FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Following the decision made in the Regional Teak Workshop 2007 India, the Secretariat of Teaknet was relocated in Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) Peechi, India in 2008 in order to revitalise the functioning of Teaknet and to cater to the needs of international stakeholders. Myanmar is retained as a Referral Centre for natural teak forest management. Read More..
Researchers Directory
To promote the scientific interactions and closer collaboration among the scientific community a directory of country-wise and subject-wise researchers is made available here for easy search. By registering yourself, become a part of a global online directory of teak related researchers.
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Teak Traders
To promote domestic and international processing and teak wood trade, country-wise processors and traders are listed for easy search by any body who is interested in teak processing and marketing.
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Teak Growers
To facilitate the exchange of information and share the technology among the international stakeholders the country-wise contact addresses of the teak growers are listed here.
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Focal Points
Country-wise focal points are given to facilitate the contact of prominent decision makers and active organisations in teak wood sector in different teak producer and user countries.
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Teak Bibliography
Includes bibliography of teak related research articles and publications.
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TEAKNET Bulletin
TEAKNET brings out a quarterly electronic newsletter (TEAKNET Bulletin) through its website. It is intended for circulation among the members of TEAKNET and other stakeholders around the globe. The Bulletin welcomes short articles, research results of non-technical nature etc. from researchers, teak growers and traders for inclusion as news items. To subscribe the online TEAKNET Newsletter, enter your email below.
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ITTO Project on Sustainable Teak Management for Mekong subregion
ITTO Project on Sustainable Teak Management for Mekong sub-region launched in Bangkok, Thailand
23-25 April 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
ITTO launches project on sustainable teak management in Greater Mekong Sub region. Teaknet-India is also involved in this project and being a part, Teaknet enjoys the role of information management and networking, and support the dissemination of the outreach material and short project newsletters every two months and publish it online.
The ITTO project “Enhancing the conservation and sustainable management of teak forests and legal and sustainable wood supply chains in the Greater Mekong Sub-region”, is funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of Germany. The aim of the project is to assist the five participating countries—Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam—to conserve unique natural teak forests and their gene pools; increase incomes for forest communities and smallholders; improve wood processing and marketing; and enhance regional collaboration and cooperation in teak management.
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TEAKNET Directory Online Form
We are updating our TEAKNET Directory of Traders, Planters, Government Officials and Researchers in order to effectively link all the stakeholders across the globe and share information and events related to teak.
Alerts and News
- IUFRO World Congress 2019 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, 29 Sep -5 Oct 2019; Deadline for Early-bird Registration is 31 May 2019. TEAKNET is co-organising a Partner Event in this Event. To know more click here
- Kerala's Nilambur Teak- the first forest produce to attain GI Tag
- The ITTO Tropical Forest Update
- The global teak study: Analysis, Evaluation and future potential of teak resources
- Myanmar might export timber products to EU
- Sustainable Management and Genetic Conservation of Teak Resources: Project Formulation Workshop: 26-27 May, Bangkok: Participation (on invitation only)
- Clarification on the Myanmar teak export ban
- GI tag for Nilambur Teak: Opportunities and Legal Paths- News report from the National Daily ‘The Hindu’
- Myanmar’s teak export ban could knock the floor out from under the yacht industry—literally
- The biggest teak tree in Asia has been discovered in Kerala, India
- European Union Timber Regulation(EUTR)
- World Teak Conference 2015
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