Environmentally Friendly

Through indiscriminate logging methods, Thailand's teak forests have been decimated, and those of Burma are on the same path. In Java Indonesia, the government agency, Perum Perhutani operates a strict policy regulating the number and size of trees which can be felled, as well as with regard to the numbers of trees which are replanted to maintain the productivity of the teak forests for future generations. The teak plantations produce a high value crop that is a very valuable source of income in their local area. The associated furniture and timber products industry provides regular local employment to many thousands of people. Scanteak uses mostly teak grown on plantations in Java, Indonesia, under the direction of the Indonesian Government. Teak is not indigenous to Java. It was brought there specifically for use as a crop timber.