The Pernambuco tree grows in Brazil and is the exotic wood of choice for making first-class violin bows. Brazil is proposing to closely regulate any trade in this endangered tree. But its proposed ...

Since 2007, the tropical tree pernambuco, used to make the highest quality bows, has been listed in the second tier of endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Conservationists and makers of musical bows unite in an effort to save the pernambuco, a prized wood that has been overharvested. Brazilian Tree Gets a Big Hug - Los Angeles Times ...

Since 2007, the tropical tree pernambuco, used to make the highest quality bows, has been listed in the second tier of endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Since 2007, the tropical tree pernambuco, used to make the highest quality bows, has been listed in the second tier of endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Aquarter-century ago, wood dealer and bow maker Horst John recognized the need to replenish the dwindling stock of trees and began planting pernambuco on his property in Guarana.

The Pernambuco holly tree (Ilex sapiiformis), which can grow to a height of 12 meters (nearly 40 feet), was found again in March in northeast Brazil by a team led by ecologist Gustavo Martinelli.

Thanks to the International Initiative for the Conservation of Pernambuco Wood, more than €1.5 million have been devoted to this project and 340,000 trees have been replanted next to cocoa trees ...

Researchers rediscovered the Pernambuco Holly tree in Igarassu, Brazil. Re:wild About 186 years ago, botanist George Gardner discovered a unique holly tree while on an expedition.