The people of Paradise Forests are losing their woodland homes at an alarming rate. The largest areas of ancient forest in the Asia-Pacific region are disappearing quickly due to illegal logging.
'The forest is their Admiralty and Central. What would happen if these places in Hong Kong were destroyed? We would lose all our ... wealth,' said Eman Lam Yee-man, member of at17.
As Forest Ambassadors for Greenpeace, the folk-pop duo visited Papua New Guinea last month to witness the eco-forestry projects there.
Destructive logging wipes out an area of forest the size of a football pitch somewhere in the world every two seconds. Eco-forestry is an alternative.
People who practise eco-forestry fell only small number of selected trees, and are careful not to damage the surrounding forest.
'Most customers want rosewood. The local people check whether the trees are the species that the market demands before they cut them down,' said at17's other member, Joyce Ellen Loo.
