Sunday 28 February 2010

Target importers of hardwood instead

I read your report Unilever blacklists Indonesian Planter that Europe, and the world's top palm oil buyer has blacklisted an oil palm grower for its destructive policies on the Rain forest in increasing its oil palm acreage. While it's highly commendable that such a move be instituted, I feel that such a step in getting the message across has been directed not at the parties mainly responsible for the destruction of our diminishing rainforests. The effort by the Green groups should be directed to the American, European, Japanese and Chinese importers of hardwood for the building of their houses and furniture. Such felling has a Directly disastrous effect on the size of our diminishing forests, while it can be said that replacing trees with oil palms at least maintains the oxygen level of the Earth, I hope

Target Timber companies!
Deforestation: go after the real culprits!