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be within the bounds of the annual allowable cut, which is Apart from the extraction of mature and senescent trees, determined for each felling series based on the principle of which itself can be considered a cultural operation, various sustained yield management. [...] kinds of silvicultural treatments are provided for a range of For teak, which is usually girdled and le standing to dry conditions to improve the natural regeneration of teak and and season for three years before felling, the exploitable to protect immature stock and assist it in attaining a healthy limit varies with the type and condition of the forests: cm maturity. [...] Teaknet (Asia-Pacific Region) The Second Regional Seminar on Teak held in Myanmar The specific objectives of Teaknet are to: Teaknet’s activities comprise: the organisation in 1995 unanimously endorsed the establishment of • facilitate the exchange of technology and of seminars in collaboration with international ‘Teaknet Asia-Pacific Region’, a network designed to information on silviculture, man. [...] The Forest Department of Myanmar, the collection of information and compilation of a wood samples and the standardisation of trials for with its vast experience in the management of teak database and library; the arrangement of visits by international comparison; and forests, was given the privilege and honour of hosting Teaknet members; and responding to enquiries on the secretariat of this netwo. [...] in June 1995 with the approval of the Government of of common interest to member countries or Anyone interested in participating in Teaknet should Myanmar.