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Impacts of pulp production

WRM BOOK ON PULP MILLS

Pulp Mills: From monocultures to Industrial Pollution -
The whiteness of a sheet of paper hides obscure stories of enviromental degradation and social dispossession. Those stries are seldom know by consumers living far away from where the raw material -wood- is obteined and from where pulp and paper are produced. It is therefore important to know -and tell- the story. Also available in Spanish

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WRM SPECIAL BULLETIN ON THE IMPACTS OF PULP PRODUCTION

WRM Bulletin Nº 83 - June 2004 (complete version)
The production of pulp and paper has long been associated with deforestation and environmental pollution. More recently, it has been the driving force behind the spread of fast-growth tree monocultures to feed ever increasing paper and cardboard consumption. Given that trees grow faster in tropical and subtropical countries –where land, water and labour are cheap and where environmental protection is less stringent than in the North- the industry has also begun to shift pulp production to the South.

  • Balas de papel - By Silvia Ribeiro, La Jornada, México, March 2008 Only in Spanish
  • Robin Wood - Clearcut paper - APP, APRIL and the End of the Rainforest in Sumatra's Riau Province. Results of ROBIN WOOD research Jens Wieting, revised version, July 2004

Tamar Residents Action Committee
Providing unbiased information to the public on the proposed establishment of a pulp mill in northern Tasmania.
http://www.tamar-trac.com/

Timberwatch - South Africa
http://www.timberwatch.org.za/

Public Information Network / Forests & Timber Industry
http://www.endgame.org/

IUF- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
http://www.iuf.org.uk/en/

Movimento Alerta Contra o Deserto Verde - Brasil
http://www.desertoverde.org (in Portuguese and English)

Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra - Brasil
http://www.mst.org.br/mst/

Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
http://www.pan-international.org/

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
http://www.pesticide.org/

Pulp & Paper Corporations web sites

Aracruz celulose certification

 

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