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TANGALOA PRIME HARDWOOD

"The New Wood of the 21st Century"

SafeWood Guarantee

 

With no exceptions, and one that no rainforest wood resource can claim, Tangaloa meets all the criteria of "safewood" and guarantees the following.

  • Tangaloa Prime hardwood is not a rainforests or old-growth wood. The raw resource of Tangaloa is senile (non-productive) coco palms from old and abandoned copra plantations and is completely outside of any rainforests or old-growth environments.
  • Tangaloa transforms an agricultural waste into a high-quality wood.
  • Tangaloa Prime hardwood is milled natural wood; not processed wood.
  • The proprietary processes and techniques used to mill Tangaloa hardwood include no chemicals.
  • All Tangaloa Prime hardwood is chemical-free and non-toxic.
  • The raw resource of Tangaloa Prime hardwood is renewable, expandable and expendable.
  • The culture of coco palms is long established and expert, with extensive seed sources.
  • Harvesting coco palm trees for milling does not impact on any forests environments, uses existing roads and requires no ultra-heavy equipment.
  • Indigenous populations are not displaced or intimidated.
  • Tangaloa milling and management jobs are skilled and learnable by local workers.
  • GNP of host resource countries directly benefit from the conversion of an agricultural waste material into new export products.