Europe’s role in the expansion of the pulp industry in the South
A report by Chris Lang, published by World Rainforest Movement, December 2008
Contents
1. Plantations do not plant themselves. Nor do pulp mills build themselves
2. The anatomy of five pulp projects
- Veracel (Brazil)
- Sappi (Swaziland)
- Advance Agro (Thailand)
- APP (Indonesia)
- Botnia (Uruguay)
3. Pulp Inc. Profiles of seven pulp industry proponents
- Pöyry: The economic hit men of the pulp industry
- The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI): Expansion at any cost
- Asian Development Bank: Plantations are increasing poverty in Asia
- International Finance Corporation (IFC): Public money for private profits
- European Investment Bank (EIB): Investing in destruction
- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO): Promoting the lie of “Planted Forests”
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC): Misleading consumers about paper products
4. Future plans for industrial tree plantation expansion and new pulp mills
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