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TEAK IN MEKONG
Chapter 5: Teak Plantations in Cambodia
Say Sinly, Chheang Dany, Kim Sobon,
Lim Sopheap, Hort Sothea and Pang Phanit
Abstract
T Cantonment; Kampot Forestry Administration
he Cambodia ITTO Project Team
expresses its appreciation to everyone
involved in reviewing the National Report
on Teak Plantation in Cambodia.
The production of this report was funded by
the International Tropical Timber
Organization (ITTO) through the ITTO
Project “Enhancing Conservation and
Sustainable Management of Teak Forests
and Legal and Sustainable Wood Supply
Chains in the Greater Mekong Sub-region”
is gratefully acknowledged.
This chapter would not have been made
possible without the support and encouragement
of the Forestry Administration in Phnom
Penh, especially H.E. Dr. Keo Omaliss,
Delegate of the Royal Government of
Cambodia, Director General of Forestry
Administration, as well as other Senior
Officials of the Forestry Administration.
It is important to recognize the assistance
and cooperation of Mr. Keo Kosal and
Grandis Timber Co., Ltd, especially Mr.
Cheat Vichit, who assisted the project team
in establishing demonstration plots and
collecting measurement data quarterly
during the course of this project. Also, it is
to concede the inputs from Mr. Chhun
Virak, the owner of Teak Wood Furniture
Cambodia, who shared information and
photos of teak products from his own teak
wood manufacturing craft.
We acknowledge as well, the active
participation of Provincial Forestry
Administration Cantonments for kindly
providing input data related to teak farm
plantations in respective provinces including
Kampong Cham Forestry Administration
Cantonment; Tboung Khmum Forestry
Administration Cantonment; Ratanakiri
Forestry Administration Cantonment;
Kampong Spue Forestry Administration
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Cantonment; Kratie Forestry Administration
Cantonment.
The collective efforts of Cambodia Project
Team in preparing the report includes Dr.
Chheang Dany, Dr. Dennis J. Cengel,
Mr. Say Sinly, Mr. Hort Sothea, Ms. Lim
Sopheap, Mr. Kim Sobon, Mr. Pang
Phanit, Mr. Neab Keng, Mr. Vann Vean,
Mr. Phoung Sophea, Mr. Kong Kongkea,
Mr. Buor Vuthy, Mr. Sin Chandara, Mr.
As Brosden, Mr. Nuon Sithun, and Ms.
Ouch Sineth are acknowledged.
Finally, we would like to express our
appreciation to all of the other specialists
who took their time to review this report.
Introduction
Global Distribution and Production of
Teak
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eak plantations disperse in over 70
countries. The natural teak forest was
found only in India, Laos, Myanmar and
Thailand, later it was discovered that teak
was introduced in Indonesia between 400
and 600 years ago and get naturalised. Teak
has become a major source of income for
the forest economy, especially by private
sector investment in countries in Asia,
Africa, Latin America and other countries
(FAO, 2015; Pandey & Brown, 2000;
Verhaegen et al., 2010).
Global estimates put the natural teak forest
at 29.04 million ha, almost half of which is
in Myanmar, and 4.35 to 6.89 million ha of
cultivated teak plantations, of which
Myanmar is 0.39 million ha (Third in the
world) (Kollert & Cherubini, 2012).
The size of the teak plantation had
increased from the 1990s to just 2.25
million ha, since reduction in export of teak
from the natural forest, especially the ban
on teak business in Myanmar, India, Laos