| AN OPEN LETTER FROM GREENHEART DURAWOODS
INC. (Producers of PAU LOPE™)
The destruction of the Amazon Rain Forests should be a
concern for all of us. This is a complicated issue where political, social and economical
demands conflict with ecological necessities. Greenheart Durawoods Inc. shares your
concern.
The burning of huge areas to clear land for agriculture and
livestock is the main cause of the rain forests destruction. Most of the soil is so poor
that the land can only be farmed for two to three years before depleting its natural store
of nutrients. Trading a valuable forests for a few head of cattle or bushels of corn is
simply and utterly wasteful. That is why we at Greenheart Durawoods Inc. feel that
protecting the forest for selective cutting and other sustain yield
crops i.e., rubber, nuts, medicinal plants, etc. makes more sense than allowing it to be
cleared-cut for agricultural purposes.
All Brazilian hardwood sold by Greenheart Durawoods, Inc.
is extracted from the forest in accordance with the highest accepted standards of sustain
yield forest management. Of the many valuable trees in the forests, only two to three per
hectare are harvested when selective cutting methods are utilized.This careful process
ensures the highest quality lumber and immature tress not selected benefit from increased
sunlight and water.
We at Greenheart Durawoods Inc. know the promotion and
purchase of lumber from Brazil will help preserve the Amazon for the future. How, by
increasing the demand for Rain Forest products, we increase economic reliance upon it and
consequently promote its preservation. A ban on the import of such products, higher
tariffs and other counter productive measures only serve to discourage the lumber industry
and further the continuing destruction of the rain forests.
We feel that the salvation of all rain forests lies in a
respect for and proper use of the forest and it's renewable resources. As a company
founded upon Tropical Forests products, it is vital for us to promote the conservation of
this valuable environment.
Your demand for and support of responsibly harvested
Tropical Hardwood products can help save the rain forests. If there is no demand for these
products, the forest will have little economic value, consequently there will be little
incentive to preserve it . By promoting and purchasing responsibly managed tropical Forest
products, you help make the living forest a valuable and viable resource, even in the eyes
of those who would destroy it.
GREENHEART DURAWOODS INC.
Kenneth C. Sproge
President
PAU LOPE® is a Registered Trademark
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