president to drop in Forest of Peace, a cold call …

This month the For­est of Peace team vis­ited the plan­ta­tion under the direc­tion of our pres­i­dent and was sur­prised by visitors. The occa­sion was the impend­ing Future Children’s day, but it did not happen .…

Glo­ri­ous are the woods in their lat­est gold and crim­son,
Yet our full teak trees are in the fresh­est green.
Such a kindly autumn, so mer­ci­fully deal­ing
With the growths of sum­mer, I never yet have seen.
quote William Cullen Bryant | edi­tor Forest-of-Peace.org

Impor­tance to humans

There are many breeds of domes­tic water buf­falo and indige­nous cow.
Water buf­falo and cows have been domes­ti­cated for 5,000 years, and have become eco­nom­i­cally impor­tant ani­mals. They pro­vide more than 5% of the world’s milk sup­ply and 20% to 30% of the farm power in South­east Asia. Milk from these ani­mals is used by many human pop­u­la­tions, and is the tra­di­tional raw mate­r­ial for moz­zarella cheese and curd due to its higher fat con­tent. In Africa and other loca­tions, water buf­falo milk is used for yogurt, as in Ver­mont, USA… In many Asian regions, buf­falo meat is less pre­ferred due to its tough­ness; how­ever, recipes have evolved (ren­dang, for exam­ple) where the slow cook­ing process and spices not only makes the meat palat­able, but also pre­serves it, an impor­tant fac­tor in hot cli­mates where refrig­er­a­tion is not always avail­able. Water buf­falo horns are used for the embouchure of musi­cal instru­ments, such as ney and kaval. Water buf­falo hide pro­vides a tough and use­ful leather, often used for shoes and motor­cy­cle hel­mets. The bones and horns are often made into jew­elry, espe­cially earrings.

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