Tropical Forest Management: Southeast Asian Environmental Practices

Apitong is a Southeast Asian hardwood, so how its forests are managed matters to everyone who runs it on a trailer deck. Here is a look at the environmental forestry practices behind the supply.

On the supply side, buyers have found a suitable measure of reliability and responsibility in both Malaysia and Indonesia when it comes to tropical forest management and resource-based economic development. Tropical forests in both countries are essentially public lands, managed and protected by their respective federal and state governments.

Forest certification programs have emerged in both Malaysia (through the FSC and MTCC programs) and Indonesia (through the FSC, SVLK and LEI programs). Certification is very much market driven and serves as a tool for promoting legal, reliable and sustainable forest management. It is seen as a step toward ensuring a continuous flow of forest products and services from the forest reserves. Certification is also being actively pursued to ensure continued market access for Malaysian and Indonesian timber products in an increasingly environmentally sensitive market.

With forest certification schemes offering a legal, reliable and sustainable supply, we are confident in a reliable supply of Apitong for the trailer market.

We at Nova USA Wood Products and TrailerDecking.com offer a wide variety of Apitong products for the trailer and truck body industry. We purchase only the best materials from reputable mills that place an emphasis on quality and delivery. We are also one of the few suppliers with overseas inspectors in place to make sure material is thoroughly checked before it leaves the mill. That final inspection means you get exactly what you ordered, every time. We certify all of our trailer decking products and warranty them against defects in workmanship. Contact us for a quote today.