Rambharat: Teak ban is working

Speaking at the post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s on Thursday, he explained improper management in the past led to the emergence of “portable saws licensed as sawmills and operated by one man operations.” Rambharat said these people go into the forests, harvest teak or pine, export the wood and leave little material for local use.

“By banning the export of teak in that form, we are retaining the material to use here.”