{"id":6810,"date":"2017-09-29T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.p4.greenpeace.org\/post\/how-your-tissue-could-be-wiping-away-amazing-forests\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:52:38","slug":"how-your-tissue-could-be-wiping-away-amazing-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/6810\/how-your-tissue-could-be-wiping-away-amazing-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"How your tissue could be wiping away amazing forests"},"content":{"rendered":"

You smell it first \u2013 the smell of recently splintered trees is so strong that it hits me long before I reach the logging site. The tree stumps are still sticky with resin. A few hours ago this was a lush forest with trees that had stood tall for over a hundred years. Now it is a barren wasteland.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s heartbreaking, because I know that just one tree can be home to so much other life; insects, birds, mushrooms, lichen. It will take a long time for this place to become a living ecosystem again.<\/p>\n

Go here<\/a> right away if you want to give a voice to all of the creatures of the forest. Or read on if you want to know who\u2019s responsible for the mess that I\u2019m standing in.<\/p>\n

\"\u00a9

Greenpeace campaigner Lina Burnelius walks in the middle of a clear cut.<\/p><\/div>\n

The producer of Tempo is Essity. This Swedish tissue and paper giant could play a key role in stopping the destruction of the Great Northern Forest, in Sweden, Finland, Russia and elsewhere across this green crown of the planet. Essity is sourcing pulp from companies that are continuing to expand their logging operations into critical areas of forests that are vital for biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Read about it in the Greenpeace International report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Forest

Greenpeace is documenting forest and forestry activities in the Swedish part of the Great Northern Forest. Biodiversity is under threat by the expansion of logging companies into critical forest landscapes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Where I\u2019m from in Sweden, most of the forested land has been clearcut and turned into industrial tree plantations. That\u2019s a major problem for most forest species because they simply cannot survive in these plantations. Since the last remaining areas of old-growth forests are small and scattered, there is an urgent need to protect these, for the many precious species of plant, insect, and even some animals, that depend on them for their survival. This is not only happening in Sweden. It\u2019s happening across the rest of the Great Northern Forest including in Finland and Russia, where Essity also sources it pulp.<\/p>\n

\"Lodgepole

Lodgepole pine plantations. After clearcutting, it is common for forestry companies in Sweden to plant lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), which is a non-native tree species.<\/p><\/div>\n

Companies like Essity \u2013 the world\u2019s second largest tissue producer \u2013 have a responsibility to ensure their suppliers don\u2019t expand their logging operations into the last remaining critical forest landscapes.<\/p>\n

You can act now by asking them to clean up their global supply chain and we will deliver your demands<\/a> straight to the CEO himself.<\/p>\n

\"Brown

Brown bear in Swedish forest.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not that difficult, really. Essity can protect life in the forest and still make toilet paper. Forestry can take place outside the critical forest landscapes that need protection. More tissue can be produced from recycled paper and recovered fibre.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s your business how you use your toilet paper – but it\u2019s everybody\u2019s business how Essity produces it.<\/p>\n

Tell Essity to stop wiping away the Great Northern Forest!<\/a><\/p>\n

Lina Burnelius is a forest campaigner with Greenpeace Nordic.<\/em><\/p>\n

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