| THE BEAUTY OF TEAK FROM SUSTAINABLE FORESTS--We CAN make a difference |
FSC ID Code: FSC-US-0070©
1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C
1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C
| The Trademark of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) indicates that the wood used to make the product comes from a forest which is well managed according to strict environmental, independently inspected and evaluated according to the principles and criteria for forest management agreed and approved by the Forest Stewardship Council. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION: All of our flooring products come from an environmentally responsible plantation certified under the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council. What is the Mission of the Forest Stewardship Council? The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-profit association retail companies working in partnership to help market forces protect the world's Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-profit association comprised of environmental and social groups as well as progressive forestry and retail companies working in partnership to help market forces protect the world's forests. As a whole, the FSC promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. Environmentally appropriate forest management ensures that the harvest of timber products maintains the forest's biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes. Socially beneficial forest management helps both local people and society at large to enjoy long term benefits and also provides strong incentives to local people to sustain the forest resources and adhere to long-term management plans. What is FSC Certification? Forest management certification involves frequent inspections of the forest management unit by an independent FSC-accredited certification body to check that the forest complies with the internationally-agreed FSC Principles of Responsible Forest Management. If the forest complies with FSC standards, then the FSC accredited certification body issues a certificate for the operation. Certified forest operations can claim the forest products they produce come from a responsibly managed forest. |
| Our Teak Nursery By selecting the most successful trees for our "clones" we ensure efficient use of the forest's resources and minimize impact on local flora & fauna. The End Result!! A 15 year old tree ready for harvest--thanks to efficient forest management |
| Saving Their Home!! Central American Plantation Teak reduces harvest of Asian "Old Growth " forests. |
| Contact us |
| KentSjolund@uniqueamericanteak.com Kent Sjolund Sarasota, FL Office: 941-758-0365 Cell: 941-400-5266 |
| Illegal confiscated wood at Ibama, Brazil's environmental protection agency (Apr 2006). Most of the world's tropical forests are protected but high demand and poor enforcement leads to continued illegal harvests. |
| Ground level view of a 15 year-old FSC certified teak forest in Costa Rica -- A sustainable forest that includes natural mixed ground cover that provides a home for an array of native species. |
| The dramatic effect of clear-cutting in Brazil. Every year an area the size of North Carolina is destroyed; areas that will not grow back in our children's lifetime! |
| Vanishing old growth North American Oak forest--Ever wonder where YOUR Oak hardwood floor came from? |
| Planted Pine Forest kept clear with pesticides and herbicides that end up in our lakes and oceans - Is this the future of all of America's old-growth forests? |
North American Oak forest on the left. The pine forest is a mono-culture, meaning only one species which leads to a decline in the number of
species, particularly animal species, existing in an area by decreasing the variety of different resources available.
Just because your floor is not an "Exotic" doesn't mean you aren't affecting YOUR future.
FACT: The area of natural forest in the South declined from 356 million acres in the 1800s to less than 182 million acres today.
FACT: Half of the forested wetlands of the South (35 million acres) have been lost.
FACT: Natural pine forests declined from 72 million acres in 1953 to 34 million acres in 1999--replaced by barren plantation pine forests home to
a few insects, snakes and the occasional squirrel.
FACT: 2-Year US Forest Service study documents that pine plantations generally provide "poor wildlife habitat” and that the long-term
ecological implications of such wide-scale industrial tree plantations are uncertain.
FACT: Harvesting of hardwoods (like OAK & MAPLE) will exceed re-growth by 2025 and that the area of Southern forests in intensively
managed pine plantations will increase to 52 million acres, making up approximately one in every four acres of the South's forest.
species, particularly animal species, existing in an area by decreasing the variety of different resources available.
Just because your floor is not an "Exotic" doesn't mean you aren't affecting YOUR future.
FACT: The area of natural forest in the South declined from 356 million acres in the 1800s to less than 182 million acres today.
FACT: Half of the forested wetlands of the South (35 million acres) have been lost.
FACT: Natural pine forests declined from 72 million acres in 1953 to 34 million acres in 1999--replaced by barren plantation pine forests home to
a few insects, snakes and the occasional squirrel.
FACT: 2-Year US Forest Service study documents that pine plantations generally provide "poor wildlife habitat” and that the long-term
ecological implications of such wide-scale industrial tree plantations are uncertain.
FACT: Harvesting of hardwoods (like OAK & MAPLE) will exceed re-growth by 2025 and that the area of Southern forests in intensively
managed pine plantations will increase to 52 million acres, making up approximately one in every four acres of the South's forest.
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