INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Editorial

In this issue, we bring you a brief report of

the ITTO Teak Mekong Project entitled

“Enhancing the conservation and sustainable

management of teak forests and legal and

sustainable wood supply chains in the

Greater Mekong Sub-region” launched at

Bangkok, Thailand. We are also happy to

inform that TEAKNET is collaborating

with IUFRO Teakwood Working Party

(Div.5.06.02) to organize a session on

Teak under the theme “Forests and Forest

Products for a Greener Future” at XXV IUFRO

World Congress, Curitiba, Brazil during 29

Sep– 05 Oct 2019. The event is supported by

FAO-RAP, Bangkok and the details are

outlined in this issue.

Volume 12 Issue 3

July 2019

ITTO Teak Mekong Project Launched

at Bangkok, Thailand

Partner Event on Teak at XXV IUFRO

World Congress 2019, Curitiba, Brazil

New Release: Forest Futures –

Sustainable pathways for forests,

landscapes and people in the Asia-

Pacific region, FAO, Bangkok 2019

Prices of Plantation Teak Imported to

India

Under New Releases, a note on the book ‘Forest Futures-

Sustainable pathways for forests, landscapes and people in the

Asia- Pacific Region’ published by FAO, Regional office for Asia and

the Pacific, Bangkok is given in this Bulletin. The publication is an

outcome of the Asia Pacific Forest Sector Outlook Study III and

provides scenarios and strategic analysis of forests and landscapes in

the region. The document will help policymakers and others adopt

robust actions in forest and landscape management needed to realize

an aspirational future.

In addition, market price of plantation teak imported to India; our

regular column on teak prices are included for the benefit of our

readers.

We invite your continued support and feedback on issues related to

teak and enrich us with articles/news items of interest/research

papers etc. of non-technical nature for inclusion in the Bulletin.

With warm regards,

S. Sandeep

TEAKNET Coordinator

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Dr. S. Sandeep is the new TEAKNET Coordinator

The International Steering Committee

of TEAKNET unanimously selected

Dr. S. Sandeep, Scientist, Kerala

Forest Research Institute as the

TEAKNET Coordinator upon the

superannuation of Dr. Thulasidas in

May 2019, who was with TEAKNET

since 2013.

Dr. Sandeep specialises in Soil

Science and is an expert in soil

chemistry and carbon modelling.

Under the aegis of UN – REDD programme funded by FAO, he was

instrumental in developing a database of tree volume and biomass

allometric equations in South Asia and the quality control protocols

for assessing these models. He has done extensive studies on teak

plantations in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, evaluated their

productivity and carbon storage potential and analyzed the effects of

continuous long rotation teak plantations on land degradation.

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Teaknet Bulletin 12(3):2019 Page 2 of 6

ITTO Teak Mekong Project Launched at Bangkok, Thailand

23-25 April 2019

Considering the prominent position of Teak in the global timber market and its potential to contribute to

national economic growth and local livelihoods, the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), Japan

launched the teak project entitled “Enhancing the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests

and Legal and Sustainable Wood Supply Chains in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region”. The first stage of

activity in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) covering 5 countries, viz., Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar,

Thailand and Vietnam, commenced in its activity since March 2019. The project is funded by the Federal

Republic of Germany through the federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture for three years from 2019 to 2022.

The aim of the project is to assist these countries 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.

TEAKNET is also involved in this project and handles the role of

information management and networking, support the

dissemination of the outreach material and publishing bi-monthly

online project newsletters. The first issue of the newsletter was

released through the TEAKNET Website highlighting the launching

ceremony and the Inception Workshop report. You can download

the Teak Mekong Newsletter from our website.

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Teaknet Bulletin 12(3):2019 Page 3 of 6

Partner Event on Teak at XXV IUFRO World

Congress

Curitiba, Brazil, 29 Sep– 05 Oct 2019

Session: C2c: Towards Sustainable Development of the Global Teak Sector in a Changing World

Read more on page 3

Tentative Programme Schedule

Chairman : Prof. Mario Tomazello Fo, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Co-Chair : Dr. Gilles Chaix, CIRAD, France & P.K.Thulasidas, TEAKNET, India

Mauricio Jerez-Rico, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

Analyzing the maximum size-density line and the relation between volume increment and stand density in teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) with data from Venezuela, Costa Rica, México, and India.

Thulasidas P K, Kerala Forest Research Institute, India

Growth Performance and Physical Properties of 15- year old Teak Clones from Kerala, India

Ahmad zuhaidi Yahya, FRIM, Malaysia

Evaluating the Growth and Yield of 20-Year-Old Planted Teak in Two Different Sites, Sabah, Malaysia

Zaizhi Zhou, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, CAF, Guangzhou, China

Strategies and practices to manage teak plantations in south China

On the occasion of the IUFRO World Congress to be held in Curitiba, Brazil

during 29 Sept-5 Oct 2019, IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div5.06.02) in

cooperation with International Teak Information Network (TEAKNET) is

organizing a Teak Session under the Theme “Forests and Forest Products

for a Greener Future”. This programme is supported by FAO– RAP, Bangkok

and the tentative program schedule of the 2hr Teak Session is given below.

The final program will be announced by the end of August after the

participant’s registration is confirmed. Only the Abstracts of registered

participants will be included in the Book of Abstracts. Abstracts of papers

and posters presented during the Congress will be published in a special

volume of the International Forestry Review, as was done for the 2014

Congress in Salt Lake City.

We look forward your active participation in the teak session and the

excellent scientific program for the 2019 IUFRO Congress in Curitiba, Brazil.

For detail please visit www.iufro2019.com

Organizer

Co-organizer

Supported by

IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div.5.06.02)

International Teak Information Network

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

(FAO-RAP), Bangkok

https://www.facebook.com/Universidad-de-Los-Andes-Venezuela-30998393711/http://www.iufro2019.com

Teaknet Bulletin 12(4):2019 Page 4 of 6

Continued from page 3

Tetra Yanuariadi, ITTO, Japan

Enhancing Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Forests and the Legality of Wood Supply in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Sreelakshmy MP, TEAKNET, India

TEAKNET towards the Development of Teak Sector

Valerie Fumey Nassah, Forestry Commission Ghana, Africa

Development of sustainable livelihoods for forest fringe communities from Teak plantations in Ghana

Roger Moya, Costa Rican Institute of Technology, Costa Rica

Energy potential of Tectona grandis wood from trees growing in fast-growth plantation

Nohelia Bedoya, Directora técnica en fusttal S.A., Colombia

Escenario Para El Desarrollo Sostenible De La Teca En Colombia

Mangala De Zoysa, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Sustainable Development of Teak Resources in Sri Lanka: The Contributions for Greener Future

Zar Chi Hlaing, Forest Research Institute, Myanmar

Growth performance of 18 years old Teak of different planting stocks

Stephen Adu-Bredu, Forest Research Instituteof Ghana, Africa

Trait variations in 28-year-old teak (Tectona grandis) provenance field trials in Ghana, West Africa

Francisco de Marques de Figueiredo , University of São Paulo, Brazil

Characterization of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) wood anatomical-physical and mechanical properties, from fast-growing plantations of Mato Grosso and São Paulo states, Brazil.

Yasodha Ramasamy, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, India

Teak genetic resources conservation and management using biotechnological options

POSTER

Komlan Houelete, Office de Developpement et D'exploitation des Forêts, Togo

Teak in Togo: Current Situation of State Teak Forest

Marina Coelho, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Brazil

Kraft pulp production from Tectona grandis sawing wood waste

Ana Hine, National University of Costa Rica

Management and conservation of teak pollen

Ana M. López, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia

Genetic variation among half-sib families of Tectona grandis L.f. in Colombia

Teaknet Bulletin 12(5):2019 Page 5 of 6

New Release

Forest Futures

Sustainable pathways for forests, landscapes and people in the Asia- Pacific region

FAO, Bangkok 2019

FAO of the United Nations Regional office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok has released the Asia Pacific Forestry

Outlook Study III during APFW 2019 at Incheon, South Korea. This publication presents scenarios and a

strategic analysis to help policymakers and other actors understand the future roles of forests and the forest

sector within the broader economy and how best to address the challenges ahead in the Asia Pacific region.

The report addresses two key questions:

1. Taking into account the major drivers of change, what will forests and forestry look like in 2030

and 2050?

2. What robust actions should be taken today and in coming years to realize an aspirational future

for forests?

The region’s previous two forest-sector outlook studies (in

1998 and 2010) have been contributing to forest related

decision-making for two decades. This report:

provides a strategic analysis of forests and land-

scapes in the region to help policymakers and others

decide on the actions needed to realize a sustainable

future;

explores three scenarios – business-as-usual, aspira-

tional and disruptive – for the future of forests and

the forest sector in the region in 2030 and 2050; and

provides options for robust actions that various

stakeholders can take to address challenges in forest

and landscape management and attain an aspiration-

al future.

The report has three main parts: an overview of forests in

a larger landscape context to set the stage; an examina-

tion of the key drivers of change with impacts on forests

and forestry; and an exploration of scenarios for 2030 and

2050.

You can Download the full paper by using the given link.

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Prices of Plantation Teak Imported to India

Courtesy: ITTO TTM Report 23(12): 16-30 June 2019

Editorial Committee

Dr. S. Sandeep

Dr. E. M. Muralidharan

Dr. P.K. Thulasidas

Teaknet Bulletin is a quarterly electronic newsletter of TEAKNET brought out through its website. It is intended for

circulation among the members of TEAKNET and other stakeholders of global teak sector. The views expressed in

the newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organization. The readers are

welcome to express their opinions or pass on information of value to teak growers, traders, researchers or others

concerned with teak. However, TEAKNET reserves the right to choose the contributions for publishing and also to

make necessary editorial modifications in the articles in consultation with the authors.

Address all communications to:

TEAKNET Coordinator

Kerala Forest Research Institute

Peechi-680 653, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Tel: +91 487 2690396; Fax: +91 487 2690111

Email: coordinator@teaknet.org

Country of Origin

Logs US$ per cu.m C & F

Angola 389-574

Belize 350-400

Benin 290-714

Brazil 344-540

Cameroon 405-616

Colombia 478-743

Congo D. R. 450-761

Costa Rica 357-780

Côte d'Ivoire 289-756

El-Salvador 320-732

Ghana 294-452

Guatemala 324-646

Guyana 300-450

Kenya 515-876

Laos 300-605

Liberia 265-460

Malaysia 225-516

Mexico 295-808

Nicaragua 402-505

Panama 335-475

PNG 443-575

Sudan 358-556

Thailand 511-700

Togo 334-590

Trinidad and Tobago 603-753

Uganda 411-623

Sawn wood / Squares

Benin sawn 530-872

Uganda sawn 680-900

Tanzania sawn 307-613

Brazil squares 333-556

Ecuador squares 333-454

Nigeria squares 434-517

Variations are based on quality, lengths of logs and the

average girth.

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