Mpingo, the East African Blackwood tree, is used to make clarinets and oboes, and is the medium of choice for local wood carvers. Its dark, lustrous heartwood is one of the most valuable timbers in the world. >>
The tree is under-threat from over-exploitation and could become commercially extinct. However it also has great potential to act as a flagship for conservation of the coastal forests and miombo woodlands of East Africa. >>
The Mpingo Conservation Project aims to conserve these endangered forests by promoting sustainable and socially equitable harvesting of mpingo and other valuable timber stocks.
Our work spans three major aspects:
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STOP PRESS! April 2009 Mpingo Conservation Project awarded the first FSC certificate for community-managed natural forest in Africa. >> |
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