You cannot seriously consider using ancient rainforest wood for your boardwalk regardless of FSC certification which is suspect.

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This particular question doesn't pertain to this post, but to another.

Regarding the issue of woodchipping of rare trees in Tasmania, are the wood chips being produced to serve as a type of "green fuel" or are they a byproduct of timber production?

stop the city from using FSC certified ipê timbers for its current one block boardwalk re-construction project and for any future re-decking projects

Okay, here it is, we have one success in the right direction! The
city council voted 4-3 to pass a resolution that recommends that the
city administration rescind the purchase order for ipe. Now the mayor
can ultimately do whatever he wants with this, but at least there is now hope. I will fill you in with more details. And Glen I will update the content of the protest summary and letter asap.

Many thanks to you all for all of your help and support.

Rhonda

Colleagues, We have already posted a public statement on our auditing of Forestal Venao in Peru on our website and distributed it. I would remind both this website's author and others that a few months back, we were told here and elsewhere that Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood Program was certifying illegal wood in Laos, and that FSC products actually included certified wood. After lots of audits and time invested in following up on the allegations, it was clearly found that this was not the case and the community forests involved have maintained their FSC certification. It may be easy to jump to conclusions on this website or elsewhere based on a campaign or news reports - we read some of the same reports (or they are forwarded to us) and we also use the information we get to issues that we then do follow up in audits, etc. But my observation is that it is unfair to FSC certified operations and local communities, that sometimes include indigenous groups, for people to jump to conclusions without due process. If you want more information on our actions and follow up, please go to www.smartwood.org. Richard

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PLEASE KNOW THAT WHAT U R DOING IS SO VERY WRONG. IT DOES NOT TAKE A SCIENTEST OR A HARVARD GRAD TO REALIZE THAT U R PROMOTING DEATH TO MOTHER EARTH AND FATHER SKY. MAYBE IT IS A JOKE TO U AS IT IS A MONETARY PROJECT, BUT IT MEANS DEATH;;;;;THINK ABOUT IT

PLEASE SAVE OUR EARTH AND DONT DESTROY WHAT IS NOT YOURS TO TAKE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY. DO YOU NOT HAVE A SOUL OR MIND TO GO WITH YOUR MONETARY VALUE?

Quit complaining. It is a renewable resource.