AN UNBIASED VIEW OF MERANTI WOOD FOR CUTTING BOARDS

Sustainability: Meranti is not really mentioned in the CITES Appendices, but quite a few species within the Shorea genus are within the IUCN Pink Checklist. The majority of Shorea species are mentioned as staying critically endangered because of a population reduction of more than 80% in past times 3 generations, caused by a decline in its purel