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 ...
On Dec. 16 last year, the Maersk Sana, a Singapore-registered cargo ship, cruised into the United States and docked at the Port of Miami an hour before dawn. On board was a container carrying 51,000 ...
Teak cut from Myanmar’s forests awaits export. Since the imposition of sanctions in 2021, import of Myanmar teak to the US is supposed to be prohibited. | Environmental Investigation Agency UK ...
Large amounts of Myanmar’s rare teakwood are being smuggled illegally into neighboring China owing to “systematic corruption” within the top echelons of the Southeast Asian nation’s officials, ...
Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of the most valued tropical hardwoods for its beauty, durability, and versatility. Teak trees naturally occur in the Indo-Pacific region, where a long history of ...
The Dutch Food and Safety Authority has ruled Dutch company Boogaerdt Hout in violation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) for placing illegal Burmese teak on the EU market. The company has two months ...
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 ...
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 ...
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