Blog: Forests

Kimberly-Clark and Kleenex - wiping away the world's ancient forests

Posted by admin - 1 November 2005 at 9:00am - Comments

This forest has been clearcut to produce Kimberly Clark toilet and tissue paper products even though recycled alternatives exist

Kleenex, one of the most well known brands of tissue products in the world, is helping to destroy the world's remaining ancient forests.

Article tagged as: canada, destructive logging, kimberly-clark, kleenex, kleercut, USA

Drought in the Amazon: are deforestation and climate change to blame?

Posted by admin - 26 October 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Forest fires fires account for more than 75% of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions

Deforestation

The Amazon rainforest plays a very important role in the production of water vapor across the region. Around half of the area's rainfall comes from moisture evaporating from the forest (before it penetrates into the soil) and plant transpiration. The fewer trees there are, the less water is returned to the atmosphere.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, climate change, drought, forest fires, forests

Is the Amazon running dry?

Posted by admin - 24 October 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Canoes stranded on the Lago do Cristo Reis during one of the worst droughts ever recorded in the Amazon region

Home to the greatest variety of life on Earth, the Amazon is both the largest rainforest and the largest river basin in the world, covering over 6,000 square kilometres. In a normal year the region receives over two metres (seven feet) of rainfall. Yet since January 2005 this fabled 'land of waters' has been affected by an increasingly catastrophic drought, estimated to be the worst for 40 years.

Article tagged as: amazon, brazil, climate change, drought, forests

DEFRA offices blockaded with illegal timber

Posted by admin - 19 October 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

A Greenpeace activist chained to a pallet of illegal rainforest plywood at DEFRA

Shortly after 7.30 this morning, Greenpeace volunteers blockaded the entrance to the Department for the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs DEFRA offices on London's Millbank, in protest at the tonnes of illegal timber continuing to flood into the UK from the world's last rainforests.

Article tagged as: china, DEFRA, forests, FSC, illegal timber, papua new guinea, videos, wolseley builder centers

Lawless: How Europe's borders remain open to trade in illegal timber

Publication date: 
19 October, 2005

Summary

A staggering 80 percent of the world’s ancient forests have already been destroyed or degraded and much of what remains is under threat from illegal and destructive logging. The Member States of the European Union (EU) play a key role in fuelling the international demand for timber products from these sources.

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Article tagged as: EC, EU, europe, forests, illegal timber, reports

More good news on the Book Campaign from Egmont Books

Posted by admin - 25 August 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Kensuke's Kingdom: cover detail

We're celebrating more good news for our Book Campaign, as leading childrens' publisher Egmont Press has announced plans to publish its first novel on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper.

Article tagged as: book campaign, egmont, forests, FSC, successes

Harry Potter goes green for the world's ancient forests

Posted by admin - 13 July 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

The boy with the lightning bolt on his forehead is back. And this time, Harry's not only saving Muggles and Hogwarts from the evil powers of Voldemort, he's also working a little magic for the world's ancient forests.

Article tagged as: bloomsbury, book campaign, forests, FSC, harry potter

Random House announces 'ancient forest friendly' policy

Posted by admin - 4 July 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Random House, one of the biggest publishing houses in the UK has gone public with a commitment towards making its book production 'ancient forest friendly'. This is a major step in helping to ensure the survival of the world's last ancient forests.

Article tagged as: book campaign, forests, FSC, random house, successes

Amazon soya king receives Golden Chainsaw award

Posted by admin - 20 June 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Brazilian TV presenters about to award the 'Golden Chainsaw' to soya king Blairo Maggi

 

Thanks to the over 30,000 international web supporters who voted in our web poll, Blairo Maggi, the world's biggest soya farmer and governor of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, was awarded the 'Golden Chainsaw Award' by Greenpeace last week.

A clear winner with over 37 per cent of the vote, Maggi came ahead of Brazilian President Lula da Silva, recently criticized for failing to stem the level of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Article tagged as: agriculture, amazon, blairo maggi, brazil, forests, golden chainsaw, soya

No respite for Finland's ancient forests

Posted by admin - 16 June 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Female bear and her young in old-growth Finnish forest

Metsähallitus, the Finnish state-owned logging company, has unilaterally terminated all negotiations with the Sami reindeer herding co-operatives and has said that the logging moratorium on 90,000 hectares of important reindeer grazing forests is over. Logging could restart as early as August.

Article tagged as: destructive logging, finland, metsahallitus, sami, stora enso
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