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Show PAGE 4 The Tlmee-lndepende- EXTRAI nt September 19-2- 5, 2002 Canadian company finds new wood resource, preserves living forests you're a wood enthusiast, your If home is likely filled with it - from your kitchen cabinets to your bedroom furniture to your wood floors and outdoor deck. However, even though the benefits of wood are plentiful, there Is an environmental price to pay: the depletion of trees from the world's forests Did you know that each person on the Earth uses, on average, 23 5 cubic feet of wood per year? In reservoirs behind many dams, there are millions of acres of forest trapped underwater that were not cleared prior to flooding. Aquatic y Cellulose (OTCBB: AQCI), an In Vernon, company based British Columbia, has found a way to safely recover those trees and make use of them to preserve living forests and protect the environment. In early 2000, Aquatic Cellulose began operation at Tucurui Reservoir in Northern Brazil, a timber project valued at more than $1 billion. Formed In 1982 by one of the largest dams in the world, Tucurui Reservoir covers more than 450,000 acres of inundated rainforest, where 36 different species of tropical wood have been Identified. Among those include Brazilian cherry, walnut, teak and mahogany. The wood Is no longer living. It However, has been perfectly preserved for the past 20 years. You may not think this wood would be good, but it is.The fresh water actually protects the wood from exposure to the sun, insects and natural decay, and thus, under Ideal conditions, can remain preserved indefinitely Aquatic Cellulose uses a patented robotic technology to safely and efficiently locate, cut and recover the submerged timber without the use of divers. This milestone has propelled Aquatic Cellulose to the forefront of an emerging global industry with virtually untapped resource potential. At the heart of this inventive concept in logging is the ATH, the brainchild of AQCI's Chief Executive Officer Gary Ackles. The ATH is a robotic machine that clamps on the tree, then neatly cuts It in seconds with a powerful saw and lifts It to the surface. A specially designed barge acts as a floating platform for a long robotic arm, which extracts the trees 60-fo- ot without removing their vital root systems. Using proprietary visual surveillance technology and acoustic Imaging, operators in the control room can continuously monitor underwater operations and calculate precise depth and distance of the trees from the harvester. Aquatic Cellulose converts the recovered timber into Aqua, an exclusive line of underwater-harveste- d hardwood products. 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