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 === New model for the forest: ==
-Form his background in Forestry Smits has developed a economically, socially and biologically profitable alternative to current practice. This alternative is he re-introduction of the **Sugar-palm as a food-crop**. The Masarang foundation set up by Smits aims to lift the traditional food-crop used in local tradition as a source of sugar, to compete with cane-sugar. From January 2007 a Sugar palm factory is working that uses geothermal energy for heating and rain water for cooling. see: [[http://www.masarang.org/z_new%20layout_home/home_english.html|Masarang]]
+Form his background in Forestry Smits has developed a economically, socially and biologically profitable alternative to current practice. This alternative is based on the re-introduction of the **Sugar-palm as a food-crop**. The Masarang foundation set up by Smits aims to lift the traditional food-crop used in local tradition as a source of sugar, to compete with cane-sugar. From January 2007 a Sugar palm factory is working that uses geothermal energy for heating and rain water for cooling. see: [[http://www.masarang.org/z_new%20layout_home/home_english.html|Masarang]]
+Why does it work?\\
+  * All farmers get a steady income and in return sign a contract that ensures that they don't damage the forest.
+  * All land that is cleared for Sugar-palm actually gets used, while the land cleared for Palmseed oil is only used for 7,5%. The rest is just cleared for wood and never farmed.
+  * The factory produces no waste, even the rainwater is recycled.