http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/06/01/this-week-hope-for-change-in-a-troubled-industry Comments for "This Week: Hope for Change in a Troubled Industry" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/06/01/this-week-hope-for-change-in-a-troubled-industry <p align="left"><a href="/resources/nvcontent" target="_blank" title="Proteak"><img src="/image/view/2776" border="0" width="147" height="110" align="left" />Proteak’s</a> co-founder, Hector Bonilla is convinced he can defy a deeply engrained and concerning global trend in an extremely problematic sector. He operates within the law, practices responsible forestry and runs a transparent company. This might seem routine, until you consider what he does for a living. Hector is in the teak business. Do even a basic Google search on teak logging and you find plenty of evidence of the issues with harvesting this valuable wood. Article after article discusses the environmental devastation and social ills that arise from the massive illegal or forced logging among major teak producing countries. </p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/06/01/this-week-hope-for-change-in-a-troubled-industry">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/06/01/this-week-hope-for-change-in-a-troubled-industry#comment Business Development Strategy Successful Models Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:55:44 -0400 Derek Newberry 2774 at http://www.nextbillion.net