# Tropical timber

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'''Tropical timber''' may refer to any type of [timber](/source/timber) or [wood](/source/wood) that grows in [tropical rainforest](/source/tropical_rainforest)s and [tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests](/source/tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests) and is [harvested](/source/Harvester_(forery)) there. Typical examples of worldwide industrial significance include, among others, the following [hardwood](/source/hardwood)s:
*[Chloroxylon](/source/Chloroxylon)
*[Ebony](/source/Ebony)
*[Mahogany](/source/Mahogany)
*[Narra](/source/Pterocarpus_indicus)
*[Rosewood](/source/Rosewood)
*[Teak](/source/Teak)

[Overexploitation](/source/Overexploitation) of those woods has led to widespread [deforestation](/source/tropical_deforestation) in the [tropics](/source/tropics).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=C. |last2=Baker |first2=J. C. A. |last3=Spracklen |first3=D. V. |date=March 2023 |title=Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05690-1 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=615 |issue=7951 |pages=270–275 |doi=10.1038/s41586-022-05690-1 |issn=1476-4687|pmc=9995269 }}</ref> The [intergovernmental organization](/source/intergovernmental_organization) [International Tropical Timber Organization](/source/International_Tropical_Timber_Organization) is concerned with [conservation](/source/ecological_conservation) of the habitats of tropical timber trees.
[[File:Illegal export of rosewood 001.jpg|thumb|[Illegal logging in Madagascar](/source/Illegal_logging_in_Madagascar). In 2009, the vast majority of the illegally obtained [rosewood](/source/rosewood) was exported to [China](/source/China).]]

==See also==
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* [CITES](/source/CITES)
* [Forest Stewardship Council](/source/Forest_Stewardship_Council)
* [Forestry](/source/Forestry)
* [International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006](/source/International_Tropical_Timber_Agreement%2C_2006)
* [Plant Resources of Tropical Africa](/source/Plant_Resources_of_Tropical_Africa)
* [Tropical forest](/source/Tropical_forest)
* [Tropical Timber 83](/source/Tropical_Timber_83)
* [Tropical Timber 94](/source/Tropical_Timber_94)
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== References ==
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Category:Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

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