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Selling rustic furniture is so much fun. As a dealer you get to tug at the adventurous heart in everybody. We all long to experience what our forefathers experienced as the wagon trains headed west. Selling AdenWorks’s rustic teak furniture allows your treasured customers to experience a part of the west through our western collection. We also have furniture for those who love the lodge look and even those that like to mix rustic with contemporary.We have recently been on a journey to determine how Thailand is doing protecting their forests so that sustainability of their forest will be a reality. Today we are going to be discussing what opportunities exist for Thailand. Below are the essential opportunities that must be realized to re-grow Thailand’s forests.
1. The potential of community forestry to help address poverty in rural communities
2. Expand exponentially commercial tree planting on marginal lands given Thailand’s competitive advantages
3. Enhance forest-based environmental services through payment mechanisms to forest managers and owners
4. Expand the production of non-timber forest products in high demand both in the domestic and export markets
By implementing these four suggestions Thailand can begin to positively address reforestation while still addressing the core issue of rural poverty. Obviously I am no expert on the subject. I am merely passing on what studies have shown to be the problem and solution to de-forestation of Thailand. It is easy as Americans to criticize Thailand for not addressing the uncontrolled harvesting of their once vast forests much earlier. Of course we and other western countries contributed to the destruction by feeding our uncontrolled appetites for teak and other woods at the expense of Thailand.
It seems to me that unless rural poverty is addressed first the people will continue to encroach into their remaining forests in an attempt to provide for their families. Most, if not all of us, would do the same if we found ourselves faced with the option of providing for our families or saving the forests. By addressing this need first plus beginning an aggressive re-planting strategy, Thailand can once again find itself with a healthy, vibrant forest. Of course it will not be easy but anything worth doing is never easy.
The wonderful people of Thailand deserve our help in making their economy vibrant which helps alleviate poverty which helps stop deforestation. By you helping to sell AdenWorks’ rustic furniture you to are contributing to the well being of the rural poor and at the same time helping to encourage the government and private sector of the need to address this challenging problem. We are confident in can be achieved.