Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest: The chain of ... - Greenpeace

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The Corporate
Customers
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Companies across the world form the next part of the chain of destruction of the
Boreal Forest. Some of these companies buy pulp, paper and lumber directly from Abitibi-
Consolidated, Kruger, Bowater, and SFK Pulp. Others are further down the chain and purchase
products from the direct customers of the logging companies. Though it may seem
as though companies less immediately linked to logging are less responsible for forest
destruction, it is important to bear in mind that every purchase at every link contributes to
the destruction of ancient forests. Without demand, there is no supply. The financial health
of Canadian logging companies is dependent on their international sales, and therefore US,
UK, German and other international customers have a critical role to play in curbing
destruction of the Boreal Forest.
The products being manufactured and produced by the logging and pulp companies are
numerous and widely consumed. They include the newspapers, books and magazines read
by millions of people each day, flyers and advertising circulars distributed throughout North
America and Europe, timber products in home improvement stores across North America,
facial tissue and toilet paper flushed down toilets around the world, and copy paper in office
printers in most cities. The manufacture of these products forms the penultimate link in the
long chain of Boreal Forest destruction.
Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest: The chain of destruction from logging companies to consumers