Save Pernambuco International Initiative

Pernambuco wood, which has value to our business so long is now endangered in many areas of its range of Brazil. Although the massive deforestation is largely to blame for the death of Pernambuco, one recognizes the responsibility for our natural resources and recognize the urgent need to restore. we ask our members to commit to a moratorium on all purchases of wood until the new inventory is currently nearing completion and updating of plans of conservation. The vast majority makers arc of work today are members of IPCI-USA and support this cause. Fortunately, in Brazil, there is also recognition of the importance of saving the habitat of Pernambuco, the Atlantic Forest or Mata Atlantica. We work in partnership with Brazilian institutions and our European counterparts and IPCI Comurnat Germany IPCI inventories, research, propagation, replanting and range of education in the region of the Mata Atlantica. In addition, we are exploring other, perhaps more abundant species of wood able to provide alternatives to wood of Pernambuco.