This year the Myanmar Government is allowing only about 20% of the volume of Teak to be exported as was exported last year. Short and narrow strips generally used for flooring in Asian countries and ...

YANGON, MYANMAR -Access to lumber from teak, acacia, bamboo, ironwood and michelia champaca could improve as Myanmar rejoins the world community. The wood species are growing in the dense Burmese ...

BANGKOK -- American companies are still importing teak from Burma despite sanctions imposed after the military seized power last year, a report based on trade data said Tuesday. Teak is one of the ...

“If Myanmar says you can’t export teak unless that wood is from a certain organization or is exported from a certain port, then not doing one or not doing both appears to violate the Lacey Act,” said ...

A report on global trade data showed U.S. companies were still buying teak wood from Myanmar as recently as last month despite the government placing sanctions on the country last year after its ...

In a two-month undercover investigation, the campaigning NGO Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA) found that nine companies in five EU countries had failed to meet the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) ...

Exhibitors at Britain's biggest garden show, the Chelsea Flower Show, are selling hardwood from the unprotected rainforests of Asia, a trade that has been condemned by one of the country's leading ...

The Bengal forest department seized an illegal consignment of Burmese teak wood worth around Rs one crore from the outskirts of Siliguri on Friday. The seizure was made by a team led by Sanjay Dutta, ...