Smurfit Kappa claims to be sustainable. But its plantations in Colombia are destroying Indigenous Peoples’ land.
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Suzano and COP26: The Glasgow climate debacle, part 3
Suzano and COP26: Suzano in Glasgow to promote industrial tree plantations as a “nature-based solution” to the climate crisis.
Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project: EasyJet’s phantom carbon credits are generated by logging the forest
EasyJet is buying carbon credits from the Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project in Peru. The REDD project is run by two logging companies.
Coronavirus notes #5: FSC Australia’s shameful role in promoting logging as an “essential service”
By Chris Lang Australia suffered devastating fires between September 2019 and February 2020. About 7.4 million hectares of forest was burned, mainly in New South Wales and Victoria. The fires released 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide – significantly more than the 530 million tonnes of CO2 that the country emits each year.
Coronavirus notes #4: When is recycled toilet paper not recycled? When it carries an FSC Recycled label
By Chris Lang Hoarding of toilet paper started in early February 2020 in Hong Kong after consumers panicked themselves into believing that the coronavirus outbreak in China would disrupt supplies. Within days, toilet paper shelves were empty in the supermarkets. Social media helped fuel the hoarding, which quickly spread across the world from Sydney to…