View Single Post
  #6   Report Post  
Old 26-05-2003, 05:56 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
Posts: n/a
Default Invest in the forests of the future

Joe Zorzin schreef
hmmm.... their web site says they manage teak plantations and they're

FSC approved. I thought FSC didn't like plantations?
--

+ + +
FSC is very big on plantations and managed forests. Almost all FSC-wood

comes from such sources. The aim is to preserve natural ("old growth")
forests and relatively little wood can be harvested there.

FSC-plantations should be a tool to reclaim wasted land. This in contrast

to current practice in the tropics where primal forests are cut to clear
space to establish oil palm or rubber plantations
PvR

Aozotorp schreef
dO PLANTATIONS SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA

OR ARE THEY FORCED TO GO INTO VIRGIN FORESTS TO SLASH AND BURN!

+ + +
Is there a question in there, somewhere?
PvR