Holland Rotary 3/13 - Bob Johnston - "Saving the Rainforest"

Chuck Huttar Bob Johnston Anne Saliers

What Rotarians can do now: 

1. Donate to TFF so that they can continue their mission

2. Share the message of TFF with your network, visit their site and Facebook page.

3. Help Bob and his team find other educational opportunities to speak to groups.

4. Use your dollars wisely. When buying wood products, looks for information about the source to make sure that it was sourced sustainably AND "use the whole tree", the imperfections are part of the beauty!

3/13/14 - Bob Johnston, Executive Director of Tropical Forest Foundation, shared with us what we need to know about "Saving the Rainforest"

Excerpt from the site: http://www.tropicalforestfoundation.org

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT

The Tropical Forest Foundation’s (TFF) primary mission is to promote sustainable forest management as the best way to preserve the renewable resources and natural habitats of tropical forests. If the economic value of the forest is not protected it will be converted, legally or illegally, to other uses such as agriculture. Through on-site demonstration and training, research and outreach, the organization aims to effect behavioral change and encourage the practice of sustainable forest management among industries that utilize tropical wood products.

TFF offers a variety of services and programs that bring its mission of conserving and maintaining the world’s tropical forest resources to life.