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CITES member countries have been asked to restrict Honduras rosewood, Nicaraguan rosewood and pernambuco. The proposal does not stop with restricting raw lumber, but extends to all existing goods. The precedent of restricting finished goods – which would cover all pre-existing products – could be devastating if applied to common guitar woods. Two of the more commonly used guitar woods – Honduras mahogany and Brazilian mahogany - are currently on Appendix II and restricted only as raw lumber, but they are becoming so scarce that they could be moved in the future to Appendix I, where finished goods are restricted.
NAMM is now calling for an “action initiative” and has set up a web page with a form letter that can be edited and personalized to reflect each individual';s concerns. The letter can be emailed to the appropriate federal authorities from the website or printed for fax or regular mail. The CITES board meets in Geneva, Switzerland, in June, but the Fish and Wildlife Service (which administers CITES in the U.S.) will only be accepting letters from the public until April 20. The URL is http://www.namm.org/government-relations/export-restrictions-alert.
CITES calls for precedent setting restriction on 3 new lumber species. What is next? What YOU can do!
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