'Global Significance of Teak – Present and Future', TEAKNET Partner Event at Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016, 22-26 February, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines
The International Teak Information Network (TEAKNET) in association with Teakwood Working Party of International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Div 5.06.02 and FAO of the United Nations jointly organized a Partner Event, “Global Significance of Teak: Present and Future” on 24th February 2016 during the Asia Pacific Forestry Week, 22-26 February at Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines. The Partner Event was organized under Stream 1: Pathways to Prosperity: Future Trade and Markets of the APFW 2016. TEAKNET also set up an Exhibition booth in the conference venue that attracted large number of participants of Forestry Week.
Experts from the Asia Pacific region and from overseas converged at Widus Hotel on 24 February, to discuss the way forward in promoting Teak (Tectona grandis) as one of the major high-value tropical timber species. Due to a significant decrease of log supply from natural teak forests reported from Myanmar, caused by overexploitation and land conversion to agriculture, coupled with high demand, interest and investments in establishing and managing teak plantations in many tropical countries has notably increased. Against this background a Global Teak Support Programme is currently being designed by IUFRO, TEAKNET and FAO with the objectives to conserve the existing natural teak resources for future genetic breeding programmes and planted teak for sustainable management was presented by Dr. Michael Kleine from IUFRO headquarters, Vienna. The Session was attended by over 25 participants and five papers were presented.
Presentations of the Partner Event
Michael Kleine, Dy. Executive Director, IUFRO HQ, Austria
Rationale for Clonal Teak Plantations
Doreen Goh, Managing Director, YSG Biotech, Malaysia
Teak Resources for a Sustainable Future
P.K. Thulasidas , Coordinator, TEAKNET, India
Teak Trade and Market – ITTO’s Perspective
Li Qiang, Systems/Market Analyst, Trade and Industry Division, ITTO, Japan
TEAKNET:An International Teak Information Network
Sreelakshmy. M.P, Coordinator PR & Communications, TEAKNET, India
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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.
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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