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Harvested RhodesianTeak
Savanna Wood harvests Rhodesian Teak from the huge forests growing on the largest expanse of sand in the world, the Kalahari Sand Veldt. This expanse of sand extends from the Northern Cape through Botswana, Western Zimbabwe and Zambia, Angola, Congo and into Gabon. All harvesting is done on a strictly sustainable basis with extensive audits to calculate sustainable off take volumes under strict supervision.  Savanna Wood pay royalties to the communities living near the forests and are undertaking extensive projects with these communities. Because they benefit so much from these projects and the employment Savanna Wood generates (in addition to the projects Savanna Wood employ and provide extensive training for over 400 locals in the factory and mill), it is in these communities interests to actively preserve the forest around them. If they did not garner such a good living from the forest they would be forced into slash and burn farming. This would be an environmental disaster. The wonderful Zambezi Teak forests would be lost for ever (over one million six hundred thousand hectares in Matabeleland North alone, with millions more in Zambia, Botswana, Angola and the DRC), and the fragile soils of the Kalahari sand veldt would soon become desert wasteland. The sustainable utilization of these forests is essential to their preservation.
 
Contact us
Johannesburg
Erna
+27 (0) 11 704 1626
erna@savannawood.co.za

Cape Town
Henni van der Westhuizen
+27 (0) 21 511 4636
henni@savannawood.co.za





Testimonials

An Exraordinary Product!
...I was still not prepared for the magnificent table I received from Savanna Wood. The beautiful grain and colour of the timber, as well as the weight of the piece amazed me!..

- Reg Park - Mr. Universe.

Thank you! The Table looks great!
...The table looks great! We have had so many compliments on it...

- Brent Taylor - USA

Superior Quality Furniture
...The investment in the quality furniture made by Savanna Wood certainly puts TWC in a leading position in the safari industry in Tanzania... I can certainly recommend the furniture made by Savanna Wood to anybody interested in superior quality furniture, be it in the safari industry or for any other use.

- Leon Lamprecht
Tanzania Wildlife Company