What if they e really really nice window blinds, and I just want them for one room?
No, no and no! How can we make this any more clear? Look, you might as well pay the logger directly to cut down some of the most valuable trees on earth. In fact, it would be better if you did pay him directly – that way at least the money goes to the community. Instead, you’re paying a bunch of thugs, unscrupulous middlemen and timber barons who are paying the workers a tiny fraction of the money they make from stealing wood that simply isn’t theirs. While you’re at it though, maybe you should also buy some safety equipment for that logger, so he doesn’t lose his leg in a chainsaw accident. And maybe you could fund a team of forest rangers to make sure the logging is being done sustainably. Due to the history of illegal logging in Indonesia civil society is demanding that it be included in any monitoring, as the past has showed us it’s not good having the timber industry monitor itself. So you should also pay to fund independent third party certification of the end product as coming f
