How will planting tropical hardwood trees help save the remaining primary rainforests and preserve plant and animal species?
Planting and harvesting tropical hardwood trees reduces the pressure to log what little primary rainforest remains. The expanding world population coupled with the ever-growing demand for beautiful and durable hardwoods has made it crucial to provide an alternative sustainable supply of these highly desired tropical woods. The existing rainforest will also be preserved because we plant on deforested land that is otherwise unproductive, while providing local people with jobs and education. We are committed to demonstrating the profitability of growing trees in a sustainable manner. In time, we hope that more of the local people will share in the wisdom of growing the world’s supply of tropical hardwoods on land that has already been cleared, rather than continuing the pattern of cutting down older growth in rainforest ecosystems that are still capable of regeneration. Plus, because we are taking special care to create food forests for animals and people, especially along river borders.
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