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International’s vice president. “Management will be just one item within the environmental services industry, which will experience a boom in the next few years and change the value of timber and its importance to society”. He expands, “Where are the billions of dollars made from timber? Were they used for conservation or do they benefit only those at the end of the supply chain?” How consumption in urban areas has effects on the forest Illegal timber originates in the Amazon and ends up as furniture, objects, houses and apartments, pointing to an intimate link to consumption habits of city dwellers. Often timber is obtained by illegally clearing the forest to establish pasture, plant soybean or to make charcoal for steel production. From cars to meat, from electronics to milk, there is a network of connections between illegal timber and the products we buy without inquiring about their origin. “It is important to understand these connections so that we can formulate an ethical dilemma and encourage change,” says the president of Our São Paulo Movement, Oded Grajew. His organization is part of the “Sustainable Connections: São Paulo-Amazônia” initiative that seeks to mobilize the supply chains of cattle, soybean and timber to preserve the Amazon forest and the people who live in it. The initiative’s message is simple: unsustainable logging in the Amazon has effects on both biodiversity and local communities, it increases domestic and foreign companies’ profits and feeds conspicuous consumption in Brazilian cities, especially São Paulo. It is impossible to separate forest destruction from consumption in big cities. The “Who Benefits from Amazon Destruction 2011” report, published by the group, brings details about the connections between consumer products and illegal practices, destruction and work under slave-like conditions (see box on page XX). Dozens of companies signed industrial agreements promoted by the group to fight the consumption of goods with illegal origin. 123
124 As for timber, new attitudes are called for in the face of Brazil’s econo- mic growth, large infrastructure works and real estate boom. Public coffers will provide 98.5% of the 23 billion reais budgeted to build infrastructure for the 2014 World Cup, according to the Federal Court of Accounts. Such a significant amount proves that the state can use its purchasing power to change procedures and promote sustainability, especially when it comes to timber used in public works.
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Preface Illegal logging causes a nu
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another working day in the forest.
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forests can regenerate and maintain
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encircle the planet ten times. Caus
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logged could be converted to pastur
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