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Rafted teak logs on the Irrawaddy River
Teak, tectona grandis, is a hardwood tree native to much of South and Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Due to its natural water resistance, teak is sought out for a variety of uses including furniture-making and shipbuilding.[1] Teak grows throughout much of Burma, but was first exploited in the Tenasserim (now Tanintharyi) region in the southeast of Burma on the Malay Peninsula[2] Though it has long been used by locals, teak has been important to the economy of Myanmar since British Colonization[3] and remains a political issue today.
Leaves of Tectona grandis
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Teak, tectona grandis, is a hardwood tree native to much of South and Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Due to its natural water resistance, teak is sought...
Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, but is naturalised and cultivated in many countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Myanmar'steak forests account...
Asia, primarily Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Thailand, the cultivation of plantation teak is economically viable in other tropical regions such...
controlled by the monarch. Burma was vitally involved in the Indian Ocean trade. Logged teak was a prized export that was used in European shipbuilding because...
Gmelina arborea, (in English beechwood, gmelina, goomar teak, Kashmir tree, Malay beechwood, white teak, yamane ), locally known as gamhar, is a fast-growing...
Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland...
Asia. It is also known as flame of the forest, dhak, palash, and bastard teak. Revered as sacred by Hindus, it is prized for producing an abundance of...
Teak wood is used for making boats, furniture, and other things which require resistance to the elements. Teak is used for outdoor furniture but is not...
countries and Europe. The marble was brought from Italy, chandeliers and teak from Burma, crockery from Indonesia, crystals from Europe and wall-to-wall mirrors...
Tectona: Tectona grandis (common teak) is by far the most important, with a wide distribution in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, India, and...
under military rule". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 20 March 2024. "U.S. traders flouting sanctions on buying Myanmarteak, report says". Mongabay Environmental...
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producer of teakinBurma and Siam, as well as having interests in cotton, oil exploration and shipping. British motivations for the third Anglo-Burmese War were...
a minority religion inMyanmar, practised by about 2.1% of the population, according to the 2014 Myanmar official statistics. In the early Bagan era (AD...
Myanmar (also known as Burma) is the northwesternmost country of mainland Southeast Asia located on the Indochinese peninsula. With an area of 261,228...
especially shipments of teak from Myanmar (Burma), are still stated in hoppus tons. The English surveyor Edward Hoppus introduced the unit in his 1736 manual...
is rice. Teak logs – Myanmar is one of the world's top exporters – are floated down the river as large rafts. Before it is transported, teak has to be...
Environmental issues inMyanmar include air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, and issues relating to climate change. Myanmar is a country with a...
pronunciation: [mo̤t məlɜ̤m]), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city inMyanmar (Burma), 300 kilometres (190 mi) south east of Yangon and 70 kilometres (43 mi)...
forestry. Since the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, illegal logging of teak and tamalan trees has surged in Sagaing Region, predominantly in key contested battlegrounds...
intermediaries to acquire Burmeseteak, importing a total of $37 million inteak between February and November 2021. Deforestation inMyanmar "Countries that sanctioned...
Hills to Myanmar, along with Three Pagodas Pass and Phu Nam Ron. The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge crossing the Moei River was constructed in 1997 completing...
2022. For the history of all major religious groups inBurma and modern Myanmar, see Religion inMyanmar. Encyclopædia Britannica World Book Encyclopedia...
dynasty (Burmese: ကုန်းဘောင်မင်းဆက်), also known as the Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752...
contains Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Burma (Myanmar) was...
raised inMyanmar (Burma). As of 2012, the Burmese Chinese population is estimated to be as high as 3 per cent of the country's population. Burmese Chinese...
Upper Myanmar (Burmese: အထက်မြန်မာပြည် or မြန်မာပြည်အထက်ပိုင်း, also called Upper Burma) is one of two geographic regions inMyanmar, the other being Lower...
U Bein Bridge (Burmese: ဦးပိန် တံတား) is a crossing that spans the Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura inMyanmar. The 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) bridge was built...
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