Forests.org: Pulp and Paper Links (XML/RSS)

a campaign by Rainforest Action Network seeking to permanently protect Tasmania, Australia's ecologically rich old-growth forests from destructive and irresponsible logging by GUNNS Limited, a company which is undermining democracy in Tasmania and engaging in some of the worst logging practices in the world

campaign implicates Kimberly-Clark and Kleenex in ancient forest destruction, noting the contribution the paper industry makes to environmental destruction

September, 2008 issues focusing on the dangers of monoculture tree plantations

dedicated to protecting forests by redirecting US markets towards ecologically sound alternatives - particularly active in British Columbia, Canada

a report from WWF calling for a halt to illegal logging that is taking place, in clear violation of Indonesian law, in Sumatran forests known for its rich biodiversity (pdf)

keeps an eye on PaperlinX, Australia's only manufacturer of office paper, who log 500,000 cubic metres of native forest from Victoria's Central Highlands each year, as well as importing Indonesian pulp

a report by Urgewald that describes the social and environmental impacts of the pulp industry and how it is financed and managed (pdf)

reduces the number of repeat and unwanted catalog mailings promotes the adoption of sustainable industry best practices by freely providing the Catalog Choice Mail Preference Service to both consumers and businesses

campaign against woodchipping the South East and East Gippsland native forests in south eastern Australia

from Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, a clearinghouse for information on environmental papers

graphically illustrating the destruction of old growth and native forests and poisoning of native wildlife in Tasmania Australia

defends the native forest ecosystems and communities of the Southeast United States which are threatened by industrial scale clear-cutting to feed chip mills

a group of environmental organizations working together to support socially and environmentally sustainable transformations within the pulp and paper industry

from Greenpeace, a report describing how the Boreal forests are being down to be made into consumer goods...mainly toilet tissue

Environmental Defense provides information on how, with a minimum of effort, you can reduce waste and pollution, and free some space in your mailbox

a campaign by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) to help people identify which book publishers have policies that favor protecting rainforests

Tasmanian timber giant sues critics of its practice of pulping old-growth forests in Southern Australia

The Center For Democracy & Technology provides resources to help you stop receiving junk mail and telephone calls during dinner

a campaign by the World Rainforest Movement that highlights the negative social and environmental impacts on local communities of large-scale monoculture tree plantations

the German NGO Urgewald investigates the impact of pulp mills on the environment and communities and highlights the threats of the planned large-scale expansion of pulp industry capacity worldwide

uses a map to document the performance of the pulp and paper mills according to criteria of the Environmental Paper Network - a network of over one hundred environmental organizations large and small dedicated to a sustainable paper industry

a shopper's guide to home tissue products (pdf)

a campaign to reduce the production of paper in Europe and to use environmentally and socially responsible methods to produce that paper

provides a guide to stopping junk mail in the UK

report from ForestEthics which highlights the extent to which products sold at Staples - particulary paper - are derived from logging old growth forests