“Teak Resources for a Sustainable Future”, TEAKNET Partner Event in the IUFRO 2017 All Division 5 (Forest Products) Conference,12-16 June, Vancouver, BC, Canada
As part of IUFRO All Division 5 Conference with the theme ‘Forest Sector Innovations for a Greener Future’, TEAKNET in association with IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div 5.06.02) organized a Partner Event “Teak Resources for a Sustainable Future” on Friday, 16 June 2017 at Port of Singapore, Hotel Pinnacle Harbourfront, Vancouver. Delegates from the Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and from other regions attended the Partner Event.
Prof. (Dr.) Yafang Yin from Chinese Academy of Forestry and Executive Secretary of International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA), Leiden, The Netherlands chaired and moderated the session. In this Session, five oral papers and one poster was presented.
Presentations in the Partner Event
Development of Teak Market and Industry: Challenges and ways forward
Tetra Yanuariadi, ITTO, Japan
Mario Espinoza, Novelteak, Costa Rica
TEAKNET: a complete networking solution for the teak stakeholders
Sreelakshmy MP, Thulasidas PK; TEAKNET, India
Roger Moya, Costa Rica
Global Teak Support Program for conservation and sustainable use of teak genetic resources
Thulasidas PK (TEAKNET); Michael Kleine (IUFRO); Walter Kollert (FAO)
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TEAKNET Partner Event in the 4th ICPF 2018
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4th International Congress on Planted Forests
23-27 October 2018, Beijing, China
TEAKNET will be participating and organizing a Partner Event during the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests with the support of FAO and IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div.5.06.2). Teaknet Event is in Session A-01 entitled 'Mainstreaming high-quality timber production from planted teak forests and efforts for conservation of teak genetic resources'.
A detailed programme schedule is given below and we invite all the delegates to attend our Event.
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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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