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<DIV>In a message dated 1/9/04 7:42:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, wendy.applequist@mobot.org writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously mahogany is not as common as maple, or it wouldn't be so expensive, but the current judgement seems to be that enough of it exists to allow for some sustainable level of logging. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>I would argue this current judgement is based on an industry that won't let mahogany rest and recover. See Chris Uhl's work on Mahogany's failure to regenerate. </DIV></BODY></HTML>