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<<6>> all right so here we are in the choco
<<9>> forest in Paraguay when you think about
<<11>> how large it is it's 37 million Acres
<<15>> but here is where the glass wood trees
<<18>> grow
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<<23>> and this particular species has 90
<<26>> percent sesquiturpin alcohols we have
<<30>> unique chemistry in this oil that has
<<32>> never been seen in any other essential
<<34>> oil before this is a day that we've been
<<37>> waiting for for a long time the
<<39>> beautiful part about it is the Intensive
<<41>> work that has been done to ensure that
<<43>> all of the wood that gets harvested to
<<45>> produce the guac wood is sustainably
<<47>> sourced
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<<56>> foreign
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<<73>> harvesting the trees right the stewards
<<76>> of the Trees of the forest absolutely
<<78>> you've made sure they have great living
<<79>> quarters a great quality of life right
<<82>> that they have a kitchen they have
<<83>> running water they have electricity they
<<85>> have air conditioning yes basically so
<<87>> we we created a true market price
<<94>> perhaps if it was all about price we
<<96>> would go and get the cheapest price
<<97>> right absolutely but for us that's
<<100>> that's not what it's about
<<103>> these land owners have to make an income
<<106>> off of their property so most of them
<<109>> are removing the trees to make room for
<<112>> grass to have cattle ranches but what we
<<116>> have done is working with our amazing
<<118>> sourcing Partners we now pay a lease on
<<121>> the land so that they have reason to
<<123>> keep the land in its natural state and
<<126>> we also pay them for each tree that is
<<129>> harvested off of their land
<<133>> they're able to provide meaningful
<<135>> long-term income to these landowners to
<<137>> help them preserve the native forest and
<<139>> ensure that it stays in the ground which
<<141>> is exactly what we all hope can happen
<<143>> a management plan means to work with a
<<147>> forest and to be with the forest to do
<<150>> conservation for the forest and how we
<<152>> can you can be productive while
<<154>> maintaining all the biodiversity around
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<<181>> that's our stock of gecko that comes
<<184>> from our forest management plans you can
<<186>> see here that beautiful blue color
<<188>> actually it's it's full of oil and you
<<192>> can see the blue is like it's the
<<194>> oxidation of the oil and you can almost
<<196>> see small crystals of essential oil on
<<199>> top of that
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<<204>> this is one of the most hard and dense
<<207>> Woods in the world and because of that
<<209>> it takes a lot of time and process to
<<211>> chip it properly
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<<216>> it then goes through a conveyor system
<<218>> gets loaded into the distillation units
<<222>> that are about a thousand kilos in size
<<225>> the distillation runs for about 17 hours
<<228>> and the most amazing thing about this
<<231>> oil is that it is actually semi-solid at
<<234>> room temperature
<<241>> so this has been three years in the
<<243>> making and we finally get to smell the
<<246>> fresh glass wood and we smell this this
<<249>> wood that's just been shipped it smells
<<251>> really Smoky but it has a really sweet
<<253>> note to it kind of smells like um a
<<256>> little bit of a touch of rose and I am
<<258>> so excited for you to understand the
<<260>> benefits of this amazing oil
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