Film: Sustainable woodcarving enterprises

[GregGerard]

I thought some of you might find this film interesting.
It has a lot of info on woodcarving around the world, based on 10 years of research. Its 24 minutes long.

...now I want to carve a hippo.

Carving a Future: 10 Lessons for Sustainable Woodcarving Enterprises - YouTube

[GregGerard]

Re: Film: Sustainable woodcarving enterprises

Description under film:
Based on 10 years of research by a range of organizations, this episode introduces 10 "wise practices" or lessons which are useful to take into account for the development of carving enterprises. Woodcarving adds more value to wood than the timber industry, and often creates more jobs and income - yet throughout the world, government Forest Departments support to woodcarving enterprises is often very limited. This is surprising, given the high value and large scale of woodcarving in some parts of the world. Balie, Indonesia, for instance, exports US$100 million worth of carvings per year and Kenya - US$20 million per year. Carving can also make significant contributions to household income. The town of Sahranphur India, for example, has 50-60,000 wood carvers. Kenya too, has an estimated 60,000 carvers, who support 350,000 dependents from their trade.

[Nomad]

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Very cool Greg. Thanks for posting it and thanks for the info. Very interesting.

I watched the first 5 minutes but plan on watching the rest tomorrow.