{{Short description|Type of timber or wood}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2025}}
'''Tropical timber''' may refer to any type of timber or wood that grows in tropical rainforests and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and is harvested there. Typical examples of worldwide industrial significance include, among others, the following hardwoods: *Chloroxylon *Ebony *Mahogany *Narra *Rosewood *Teak
Overexploitation of those woods has led to widespread deforestation in the 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 International Tropical Timber Organization is concerned with conservation of the habitats of tropical timber trees. [[File:Illegal export of rosewood 001.jpg|thumb|Illegal logging in Madagascar. In 2009, the vast majority of the illegally obtained rosewood was exported to China.]]
==See also== <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> {{div col}} * CITES * Forest Stewardship Council * Forestry * International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 * Plant Resources of Tropical Africa * Tropical forest * Tropical Timber 83 * Tropical Timber 94 {{div col end}}
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Category:Forestry Category:Timber industry Category:Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
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