From the Good Wood Guide from Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, IUCN Red List and the Good Wood Guide by Albert Jackson and David Day

• Afromosia- from West Africa is Endangered
• Balau- used as decking, is from South East Asia and is critically endangered
• Brazilwood- from Brazil is Endangered
• Bubinga- African Rosewood from Cameroon, Gabon and Zaire is Endangered
• Cedar- South and Central America is Endangered
• Cocobola- the West Coast of Central America is Endangered
• Ebony- from Sri Lanka and India is Endangered
• Ekki- from West Africa is Vulnerable
• Iroka- is from Africa and is close to qualifying as Vulnerable
• Jelutong- from South East Asia is Endangered
• Kingwood- from South America is Endangered
• Lignum Vitea- from the West Indies and Tropical America is Endangered
• Mahogany- from West Africa is Vulnerable
• Mahogany- from Brazil is Vulnerable
• Merbau- from New Guinea and is according to Greenpeace on the brink of extinction
• Meranti- from South East Asia is Critically Endangered
• Muninga- from Africa is close to qualifying as Vulnerable
• Padauk- from India or West Africa is classified as Vulnerable
• Parana Pine- from Brazil is Vulnerable
• Purpleheart- from Central and South America is Endangered
• Ramin- from South East Asia is Endangered
• Rosewood- from Africa, South America or India is on the CITES list appendix 1 as most critically endangered
• Sapele- from West Africa is Vulnerable
• Satinwood- from Central and Southern India and Sri Lanka is Endangered
• Teak- from Southern Asia, Africa or the Caribbean is Endangered
• Tigerwood- from Brazil is endangered
• Utile- Ivory Coast and Cameroon is Endangered
• Wenge-Central Africa is endangered

Author would like to thank: Lawrence Wilde, Friends of Earth, Greenpeace, FSC UK