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Ancient forests are a legacy that provide us the life.
Forests are our air, water, climate. Without the forests indigenous peoples and animal species will desapperar. Without the forests, no one has a future.
The forests are under threatened by unscrupulous companies looking for woods, from landowners and farmers producing crops for the international markets.
Half of the original forests were already destroyed, and only a fifth is still intact. The technological revolution has made profitably exploitable even the most remote forests. As soon a forest is exhausted, markets move to another region, and the devastation begins again and again.
Technology is not just about destruction. It also offers a number of solutions to save the forests. We are at a crossroads. If nothing is done now, we will lose the forests forever.
Recycling 1000 kg of newspapers ...
-> saves, on average, up to 17 trees
-> saves 3 cubic meters of landfill
-> saves 31.780 liters d'acqua
-> saves, on average, up to 17 trees
-> saves 3 cubic meters of landfill
-> saves 31.780 liters d'acqua
-> Saves 31,780 liters of water
-> Produces 75% less air pollution
-> Produces 35% less water pollution.
-> Save enough energy to supply a house for 6 months
-> Consumes half (57%) than the energy used to produce one ton of paper from virgin fiber
Recycled paper is usually bleached mechanically, without need of bleaching chemicals.
Also be FSC certified recycled paper (choose the 100% recycled), but the traditional certification for recycled paper is the Blue Angel.
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He planted 270,000 deep-rooted trees on the mountains of Taiwan, and now he is known as "King of the Trees." Lai Pei-yuan is a 57-year-old Taiwanese entrepreneur that made his fortune in transportation and property, but his real mission in life is to reinstate at least some of the forests that once covered most of the island. "It was just a simple idea I had," Lai said during an interview on a hillside near Taichung, the city in central Taiwan where he was born. "If I was to safeguard Taiwan, I would have to plant trees." Today his efforts can be seen in the form of 130 hectares of mountainsides near Taichung covered with indigenous trees such as Taiwan incense cedar and a kind of laurel.
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After being exposed by the German NGO Robin Wood for having paper products linked to deforestation in Indonesia (Mixed Tropical Hardwood and Acacia) the Swedish furniture giant Ikea communicated a new policy on paper based products. Until to the end of May 2014 the production of “the whole Paper Shop range” will be converted to “fiber sources of either fully FSC-certified wood or recycled”. This policy was disclosed in writing by Anders Hildeman, Global Forestry Manager with Ikea, to Robin Wood, after the environmental organization had published the results of fiber analyses.
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Cutting ancient trees to produce more and more clothing is a rapidly expanding threat to the world's endangered forests and the communities and species that depend on them. Fashion frequently has an environmental cost that doesn't show up on the price tag. A research recently released by forest conservation organization Canopy, has found that the planet's ancient and endangered forests, from the lush tropical rainforests of Indonesia to the great northern boreal forests, are increasingly being cut down and pulped to make fabrics like rayon and viscose. Canopy has documented fiber from these rare forests turning up in suit jacket linings, dresses and skirts, t-shirts and tank tops. It's a growing and harmful trend. Last year, an estimated 70 million trees were cut for fabric production and it is projected to double in the next 20 years.
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Close to half of the African continent is covered by drylands, spread over 15 countries of the Sahel, and 15 countries of East and Southern Africa. These ecosystems support over 60% of Africa's people with a wide range of environmental goods and services, many of which are derived from the region's dryland forests and woodlands. The value of dryland forests stretches beyond the products they provide; beyond timber and even non-timber forest products (NTFPs). There is increasing global recognition of the multiple ecosystem services provided by forests. In addition to sequestering carbon, forests provide services related to the protection of watersheds and biodiversity.
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Global Green Groups Release Performance Milestones to Evaluate Progress of Asia Pulp and Paper Deforestation Pledge Collaboration Involving Rainforest Action Network, WWF, Greenpeace and Indonesian NGOs Presents ‘Performance Milestones’ to Business Community, Other stakeholders, via Live Webinar
Asheville/Berlin/Jakarta - The Environmental Paper Network programs in Europe and North America today released seven “Performance Milestones” necessary to verify the implementation of commitments made by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) under the company’s Sustainability Roadmap - Vision 2020 and latest Forest Conservation Policy. The Performance Milestones and their auditing will help customers and investors determine whether APP effectively implements its policy commitments and can help guide action by other pulp/paper companies in Indonesia and elsewhere. The Environmental Paper Network is urging customers to insist on independent third party auditing to verify the implementation of APP commitments and the performance milestones released today.