ANOTHER GREEN WORLD
“THIS FEELS LIKE the last stand,” Bob Taylor says. “Other traditional ebony-producing countries, such as Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka, have been logged very heavily, with not a lot of thought for the future. But there’s still a lot in Central Africa, Cameroon in particular, that we can make last, if we’re smart about it.”
Sometimes it can be hard to see the forest for the trees, but one thing is painfully clear: There is no forest without the trees. Taylor is on a mission to make sure guitar players never have to experience that sad reality. Using his personal finances, as well as the considerable resources of Taylor Guitars, he is saving trees and setting up his legacy with the Ebony Project. Having handed his company over to master guitar designer Andy Powers, whose V-class bracing is redefining Taylor’s guitar line, Taylor has been free to focus on the bigger picture. He hired Scott Paul, the former forest campaign coordinator at Greenpeace, to serve as Taylor’s national director of Natural Resource Sustainability. Together with a team of experts from a wide range of fields, they are working with local communities in Cameroon to propagate and plant ebony trees, as well as other fruiting species, with an eye on long-term economic viability. The Ebony Project’s roots
Sometimes it can be hard to see the forest for the trees, but one thing is
