Forests preserve riches that are far more valuable than wood: oils, fruit or active ingredients, and fibre. Many remain undiscovered. We must preserve them instead of sellingthem off to be destroyed.
Forests have ahidden value that does not appear in the budgets or balance sheetsof corporations.Forests ensure the survival of the 1.6 billion people who live there.Millions of poor people can count on the resources of forests in the case of bad crops or a fall in international prices. When the forest disappears, they are forced to migrate. In addition, 60 million indigenous people are completely dependent on forests.
Forests have ahidden value that does not appear in the budgets or balance sheetsof corporations.Forests ensure the survival of the 1.6 billion people who live there.Millions of poor people can count on the resources of forests in the case of bad crops or a fall in international prices. When the forest disappears, they are forced to migrate. In addition, 60 million indigenous people are completely dependent on forests.