A Myanmar logging elephant pulls a teak log across a shallow stream on Jan. 15, 2001, near Shwe Pyi Aye camp in the jungles of central Myanmar. DAVID LONGSTREATH AP Florida companies Teakdecking ...

Modern Burmese history was built on teak, which is to say it was built on the backs of elephants. The British quickly saw teak’s potential after colonizing Burma in 1824, and realized that hitching an ...

A few weeks ago, if someone asked me the best wood for outdoor furniture, I'd almost always recommend teak. It's a naturally water-resistant hardwood that looks great even without a stain, so it's ...

A rebel movement in Senegal's restive southern region of Casamance on Monday blamed the massacre of 13 men at the weekend on a feud in the illegal teak logging industry. The Casamance Movement of ...

Myanmar's forests are the final frontier for the logging of tropical hardwoods in mainland Southeast Asia. Until a few weeks ago as many as a hundred timber trucks a day rolled through Marip Brang Mai ...

Since the days of clipper ships and the spice trade, shipbuilders have cherished teak as seafaring wood for decks and trim. Yet, any sea story featuring teak pales before the remarkable tale of how ...

Since the days of clipper ships and the spice trade, shipbuilders have cherished teak as seafaring wood for decks and trim. Yet any sea story featuring teak pales before the remarkable tale of how ...

Since the days of clipper ships and the spice trade, shipbuilders have cherished teak as seafaring wood for decks and trim. Yet any sea story featuring teak pales before the remarkable tale of how ...

Florida companies Teakdecking Systems and Florida Teak imported more than half a million pounds of Burmese teak from Myanmar despite U.S. economic sanctions against the Myanma Timber Enterprise, the ...

READ MORE: Teak for yachts strips exotic forest, boosts harsh regime. It’s shipped here despite U.S. ban Double Helix provides what it calls supply-chain “verification.” Its Myanmar operations involve ...