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AbitibiBowater adopts partial certification to deflect criticism of destructive...

Press release | September 4, 2008 at 10:00

In a move to calm critics of its controversial logging operations, Canada's largest logging company announced its intention to seek Forest Stewardship Council certification for roughly 10 per cent of its forestlands.

AbitibiBowater needs to green its operations to survive

Feature story | April 15, 2009 at 17:00

Greenpeace sees AbitibiBowater’s current financial difficulties as the best chance for the company to develop a plan for long-term survival. AbitibiBowater, Canada’s largest logging company and the world’s largest newsprint manufacturer, has...

砍伐森林

Page | December 28, 2010 at 11:27

砍伐森林也會釋放二氧化碳,加劇氣候變化。植物吸收二氧化碳以生長,是天然的『碳倉庫』;當它們一旦被砍伐或燃燒,儲存在植物內的碳就會被釋放到大氣層。植物腐爛更會產生比二氧化碳厲害的溫室氣體 --- 甲烷。森林砍伐所造成的溫室氣體排放約佔全球溫室氣體排放總量的五分之一。

Market pressure forces Canadian company to announce greener logging

Press release | August 28, 2008 at 13:27

Canada's Boreal Forest is much closer to being managed responsibly after today's announcement that major logging company Kruger intends to pursue Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.

Forest Certification Scheme Ignores Human Rights Violations in the Congo Basin

Blog entry by Danielle van Oijen, Forest Campaigner | March 27, 2012

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) industrial logging is still totally out of control. Ongoing social conflicts, including extreme violence, rape and human rights abuse prompted Greenpeace International to file a complaint in...

The Good Wood Awards

Blog entry by Stephanie Goodwin | March 31, 2010 1 comment

The athletes, spectators and officials have all left Vancouver, you almost wouldn’t know that the Olympics and Paralympics wrapped up only ten days ago. However, looking a little closer and we see one part of its legacy – the new...

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