Kanchanaburi, Thailand (dpa) – Teak, one of nature’s hardest, most insect-resistant woods, was Thailand’s main export to Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Long before deforestation became a ...
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has put the brakes on a plan to cut down 2,000 teak trees in Chiang Mai for the construction of the new parliament building, following opposition from residents. The ...
MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand — On the steep banks of the Salween River, which forms the border with Myanmar (formerly Burma), this small Thai town is having something of a timber boom. All around it the ...
The teak tree is a tropical hardwood native to parts of India and Southeast Asia. Prized for its durability and natural oils, it was once highly sought after for the construction of boats and ...
Phrae, around 550km (342 miles) north of Bangkok and 200km southeast of Chiang Mai, is a town seemingly lost in time, and almost completely ignored by tourists. This is good news for anyone eager for ...
It was a time when a league of extraordinary “gentlemen loggers” dominated the Lanna region of northern Siam, as Thailand was then known. From the 1880s until World War II, predominantly British ...
Teak harvest in Northern Thailand in 1985 was only one-tenth that in 1971. The dramatic decrease has been attributed by some authors to loss of trees through shifting cultivation and intensification ...
BANGKOK — Owners of 58 economically valuable trees will be able to use them as collateral when applying for loans at financial institutions under a new policy, Thai government spokesperson Narumon ...
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