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HELP SAVE THE PLANET.... GO GREEN!
Do you care where your furniture came from?
"The furniture industry in the U.S. alone generates sales of $79 BILLION DOLLARS representing uncounted, uncatalogued tons of wood, fabric, foam, steel and plastic. a report in Forest Trends, a non-profit based in Washington D.C. states that China has become the world's leading importer of timber from tropical nations, much logged in a way exacerbating DESFORESTATION, UNSUSTAINABLE HARVEST PRACTICES & ILIGAL LOGGING. In Indonesia current rate of logging could eradicate native forests within 10 years. Last year the NRDC and two Peruvian peoples group filed suit against the U.S. Goverment for allowing imports of Peruvian big leaf mahogany wood. They contend 90% of mahogany from Peru is logged illigaly and unsustainable, with almost all wood used in furniture. THE BIG LEAF MAHOGANY TREE COULD BE EXTINCT IN 10 YEARS " - Audibon Magazine
"Logging of such forests results in large amount of carbon into the atmosphere worsening climate change 15-20% of the world's carbon emissions comes from tropical desforestation. much of it illegal"-Mongobay
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