Tropical timber

Tropical timber may refer to any type of timber or wood that grows in tropical rainforests and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and is Harvester (forery), harvested there. Typical examples of worldwide industrial significance include, among others, the following hardwoods:
*Mahogany
*Teak
*Ebony
*Rosewood
*Pterocarpus indicus, Narra
*Chloroxylon

Overexploitation of those woods has led to widespread tropical deforestation, deforestation in the tropics. The intergovernmental organization International Tropical Timber Organization is concerned with ecological conservation, conservation of the habitats of tropical timber trees.

See also

* International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006
* Tropical Timber 94
* Tropical Timber 83
* Tropical Forest Trust
* Forest Stewardship Council
* CITES
* tropical forest
* forestry
* Plant Resources of Tropical Africa

References

Forestry
Timber industry
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

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