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Top 10 Reasons

Top 10 Reasons to Buy Certified Wood

1. Air
You’re improving air quality. So breathe a big sigh of relief!

2. Water
You’re keeping water cleaner and healthier around the globe.

3. Dirt
You’re helping companies reduce soil erosion and loss.

4. Community
You’re supporting the well-being of local people in forest villages and towns.

5. Culture
You’re buying from companies that respect people’s rights.

6. Money
You’re showing companies that economic vitality goes hand in hand with social responsibility and environmental stewardship.

7. Monkeys
You’re helping protect a diversity of chattering, howling, whistling, roaring forest creatures.

8. Chocolate
You’re helping protect storehouses of untold numbers of potential foods, medicines, and other products. Did you know that chocolate originated in tropical forests?

9. Jungles
By supporting sustainable growers, you’re keeping more wild forests intact.

10. Smart Shoppers
You know where your wood products come from and how they were made.

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