In the News:

• Greenpeace and guitar makers unite to save forests
  • April 2008 - Billboard
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• The Future of Tonewood: A look at the changing state of wood supplies and how the guitar community is adapting and exploring alternatives
  • February 2008 - Acoustic Guitar
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• "Brazilian, at a Price" and "Sustainable Choices The Future of Tonewood" (Two accompanying sidebar articles)
  • February 2008 - Acoustic Guitar
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• Yamaha Corporation Joins MusicWood Coalition
  • January 21, 2008 - Greenpeace press release
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• Chinese Smugglers Caught With Endangered Sea Turtle Shell
  • January 11, 2008 - Environment News Service (www.newswire.com)
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• Brazilian police dismantle gang that smuggled endangered wood to United States
  • October 18, 2007 - Associated Press
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• Wood for Musical Instruments and Bows Has Become Scarce
  • October 3, 2007 - PlaybillArts
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• Fine woods for instruments are getting tougher to find
  • September 17, 2007 - The Kansas City Star
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• Going Green: The Guitar Industry Plans for the Future
  • July, 2007 - Premier Guitar Magazine
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• Saving Trees Is Music to Guitar Makers' Ears
  • June 7, 2007 - New York Times
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• The Troublesome Truth About Sitka Spruce
  • June 2007 - From Guitar Player magazine
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• Maples Falling Victim to Backwoods Thieves
  • May 17, 2007 - Seattle Times
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• Guitar makers band together to save vital timber
  • January 2007 - From The Independent
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• TAYLOR, GIBSON, MARTIN AND FENDER TEAM WITH GREENPEACE TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LOGGING
  • January 2007 - Greenpeace press release
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• The Sounding Board: The Official newsletter of the Martin Guitar Company
  • January 2007 - View the Greenpeace article on page 7
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• BobSpeak
  • Fall, 2006 - Wood & Steel magazine
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• Guitar makers discuss tree use, forest conservation
  • August 17th, 2006 - Sitka Sentinel
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• Saving the Music Tree: Artists and instrument makers have banded together to rescue Brazil's imperiled pernambuco, the source of bows for violins, violas and cellos
  • April 01, 2004 - Smithsonian magazine / Smithsonian.com
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• Amazon Music: A World of Luthiers is Watching
  • October 01, 2001 - brazilmax.com
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Posters:

• MusicWood Poster
  • 2006 - A print complement to the MusicWood website.
  • View the PDF (file size is about 10MB)



• Keystone Forests Report Cover Poster
  • 2004 - Includes John Muir quote: "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
  • Download as JPG (17 X 11), Download as JPG (11 X 7.5)

Greenpeace Forest Reports:

• Roadmap to Recovery: The World's Last Intact Forest Landscapes
  • 2006 - After years of analysis this report and accompanying maps are the most accurate update analysis of intact global forest cover.
  • From: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/forest-reports/u-s-forest-reports
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• America's Keystone Forests: Mapping the Next 100 Years of Forest Protection
  • 2005 - In this report Greenpeace, in cooperation with the Big Sky Conservation Institute, reveals the last best forests of the United States. The report also provides an analysis of logging on U.S. public lands.
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• Endangered Forests, Endangered Freedoms
  • 2003 - This report chronicles America's 10 most Endangered National Forests - Produced in collaboration with the National Forest Protection Alliance.
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• Eating Up the Amazon
  • 2006 - In 2004, Greenpeace began to investigate the Amazon soy industry. Our research has identified three U.S.-based agricultural commodities giants - ADM, Bunge and Cargill - at the heart of Amazon destruction.
  • From: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/reports/eating-up-the-amazon
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• Partners in Mahogany Crime
  • 2001 - This landmark report documents the gross illegalities of the Brazilian mahogany trade and set the stage for changes in international law.
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• Sharing the Blame
  • 2006 - This report chronicles how China's hunger for wood consumption is reshaping the global wood market and trade.
  • From: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/footer/search?q=Sharing+the+Blame
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