{"id":46138,"date":"2025-05-03T11:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46138"},"modified":"2025-05-17T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T05:45:15","slug":"teak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/teak\/","title":{"rendered":"Teak (Tectona grandis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Teak (Tectona grandis) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Tissue-cultured teak is being promoted as a high-yield, fast-return solution to boost India\u2019s timber cultivation and trade, raising debates about its productivity, economic viability, and ecological sustainability.<\/p>\n<h2>About Teak (Tectona grandis)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teak (Tectona grandis)<\/strong>\u00a0is globally valued for its\u00a0<strong>durability, strength<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>resistance to pests and water<\/strong>, earning it the title of\u00a0<strong>&#8220;king of timbers&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is one of the\u00a0<strong>world\u2019s most valuable tropical hardwoods<\/strong>, extensively used in\u00a0<strong>shipbuilding<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>construction<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>furniture<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>flooring<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>musical instruments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India holds 35%<\/strong>\u00a0of the world\u2019s\u00a0<strong>planted teak forests<\/strong>, with\u00a0<strong>Asia accounting for over 95%<\/strong>\u00a0of global teak resources.<\/li>\n<li>As per the\u00a0<strong>FAO Global Teak Resources and Market Assessment 2022<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra<\/strong>\u00a0have the largest areas of\u00a0<strong>native teak forests<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Geographic Distribution<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Native to South and Southeast Asia<\/strong>, especially\u00a0<strong>India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Indonesia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In India, teak is found in states like\u00a0<strong>Madhya Pradesh<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Maharashtra<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Karnataka<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kerala<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Tamil Nadu<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Assam<\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong>Northeast region<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Grows primarily in\u00a0<strong>moist deciduous and mixed deciduous forests<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Prefers\u00a0<strong>well-drained soils<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>full sunlight<\/strong>; can grow up to\u00a0<strong>30\u201340 meters<\/strong>\u00a0in height and live for\u00a0<strong>hundreds of years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ecological and Structural Characteristics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Large, deciduous tree<\/strong>\u00a0with a\u00a0<strong>straight, cylindrical trunk<\/strong>\u00a0(1\u20131.5 m diameter).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leaves<\/strong>: Oblong, glossy, dark green; arranged in\u00a0<strong>opposite pairs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flowers<\/strong>: Small, white\/cream,\u00a0<strong>fragrant<\/strong>, borne in clusters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wood colour<\/strong>: Golden brown to dark brown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological role<\/strong>: Supports\u00a0<strong>wildlife and biodiversity<\/strong>\u00a0in native ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Regulatory Context<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Green felling<\/strong>\u00a0(commercial harvesting of trees) is\u00a0<strong>prohibited<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>government forests<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>Forest Conservation Act, 1980<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>National Forest Policy, 1988<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Hence,\u00a0<strong>private teak plantations<\/strong>\u00a0are key to meeting\u00a0<strong>domestic and export demands<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/forests\/taming-the-teak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teak (Tectona grandis) is globally valued for its durability, strength, and resistance to pests and water, earning it the title of &#8220;king of timbers&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":46139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,268,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-46138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-teak","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}