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Many forests around the world have been illegally destroyed by regimes eager to cash in on the high prices that premium teak fetches on the open market. It is estimated by National Geographic magazine that the last remaining rainforests could be destroyed within 40 years. The world consumption of hardwood has grown by nearly 2500% in the last four decades.

It is said that the average male living in the industrialized western world produces about
160 tons of damaging CO2 every 16 years. One hectare of teak consumes around 320 tons in the same period.

We work with private and institutional investors, building portfolios of commercially sustainable teak plantations that benefit the planet not only in terms of CO2 reduction but also by supplying properly sourced timber which reduces the pressure on the world’s natural rainforests. Additionally, of course, it provides the potential to earn excellent returns for investors over the medium to long term.

Teak has been highly valued worldwide throughout history. Many cultures began using teak wood for shipbuilding in the Middle Ages, and its buoyancy, water resistance, durability and anti-fungal properties make it an ideal material for marine construction to this day.

The species of teak that we grow is Tectona Grandis, which is one of the tropical hardwood birches. Teak flourishes in the rainy season; then during the dry season the trees shed their leaves and growth slows; allowing the wood to harden.

Teak is regularly pruned so that it grows straight and tall with no other limbs extending from the trunk area. By pruning away most of the leaves other than the top third the highest quality of wood is produced. Regular management ensures that the teak trees are kept in premium condition and achieve high values when the wood is harvested.

Teak is beautiful, water resistant and durable, and is one of the few woods that produces its own oil, which keeps it from becoming brittle. Once established in the forest, teak is virtually indestructible and highly resistant to pests, fire and most diseases.

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The Chinese National Energy Administration has announced via the state run newspaper China Daily that they will be seeking to produce around 15 per cent of all the country’s energy by renewable means within the next 10 years.

China, despite being criticised for its heavily industrialised, polluting economy and images of Beijing obscured by dense smog during the 2008 Olympic Games, the government is taking proactive steps towards reducing carbon emissions with measures that would shame certain other attendees of the Copenhagen climate summit.

With the growing realisation of the fallibility on basing the huge Chinese economy on fossil fuel imports which could become untenable within the next 25 years, the Beijing government is planning to spend billions of dollars in investing in solar and wind farm sites in addition to research projects which could keep China at the cutting edge of green energy generation.

Renewable energy generation grew by 1 per cent in China in the last 12 months with the government hopeful that figures will grow from the present 9.9 per cent to 15 per cent by 2020. The Chinese government is keen to diversify its economy as well as its means of energy generation with the dual purpose of slowing the effects of climate change and making the economy more robust in the face of any potential fuel crises which could arise in the near future.

In spite of passing legislation designed to have an immediate impact on renewable energy uptake such as the feed-in tariff, a mechanism to incentivise investment in green technologies, government spokesman Zhang Guobao is realistic about the timescales involved in such projects. Speaking to China Daily, Zhang commented that,

“Power projects take a long time to be up and running, and we are basically allowing five years to complete them although it is a 10-year program, otherwise, the facilities cannot be put into use by 2020.”

Zhang added, “It appears that some local governments approved energy-guzzling projects during economic crisis so only by fully implementing our energy saving regulations can we realize economic growth with less energy consumption.”

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