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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TEAKNET/IUFRO Partner Event in the APFC Meeting
TEAKNET/ IUFRO Partner Event in the
27th Session of Asia Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC)
25 October 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
TEAKNET and IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div 5.06.02) successfully conducted the Partner Event on “Teak in Productive Landscapes: An Introduction to Global Efforts for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Resources“ during the 27th APFC meeting on 25 October 2017.
TEAKNET in association with IUFRO set up an Exhibition booth at the APFC meeting venue at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) from 23 to 27 October during the days of Commission meeting for greater visibility, interaction and communication with forestry community at large.
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
- 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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