If you’ve purchased an American RV at any point in the past several decades, there’s a pretty good chance that at least some part of it was made out of a tropical plywood known as lauan. The RV ...

Lauan is one common name for lumber from a large number (over 120) of species in the Shorea genus. These trees are grown in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. There ...

There is no viable alternative to a tropical hardwood that grows in Southeast Asia, according to the American R.V. industry. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia The U.S.

Investigations by the NGOs Earthsight, Auriga Nusantara and Mighty Earth have found that plywood from forests cleared in Indonesian Borneo — including critical orangutan habitat — is ending up in U.S.

I'd say go with #2. That's going to be your best bet unless you feel like springing for some bendy wood. You should be fine doing that though. Just as long as it's not supporting a lot of weight.

The artist's terrifying wooden sculptures are built with skeletons of 2x4s, layers of wooden flesh, and then skinned with lauan chips.