Good Wood Emphasizes Importance of Demand

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Good Wood Emphasizes Importance of Demand

WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2011 -- An article published by Interiors and Sources emphasizes the importance of continued demand for tropical hardwoods to forest sustainability worldwide. "Good Wood" reviews the outcomes from the 1989 Smithsonian Tropical Forestry Workshop: that tropical forests will be conserved only if they have economic value; blanket bans and embargoes tend to depress the value of hardwoods and the forests; and funds obtained from products of the tropical forests must be channeled into managing and regenerating those forests. The article also addresses the benefit to communities that rely on forests for livelihoods, and the role of the Tropical Forest Foundation in providing on-the-ground training in sustainable practices.