Kleercut

The clearcutting of the Canadian virgin Boreal forest is one of the newest environmental focus-points. The recognized "enemy" of the situation is the Kimberly-Clark company (the largest tissue producer in the world), which owns the paper products companies Kleenex, Scott, Viva, Kotex, Cottonelle, Andrex, Scottbrand, Scottex, Hakle and Huggies. The problem is the forest that they use the logging from is endangered, in that it is one of the few virgin forests left on the continent. Only 20% of the world's original forests remain today, and the Boreal accounts for a quarter of this number. Also, the way the logging in this forest takes place is problematic. The forest is clear-cut, meaning literally everything is cut down, leaving the remaining land barren. Tons of other life depends on this forest as well. It's estimated that over a billion birds breed in the Boreal each year. The forest is also part of the caribou's path of migration, making them dependent. Moose, lynx, wolverines, cougars, bears and wolves all live in the forest too, as well as over half of all North American bird species. Also, over 80% of Canada's indigenous people live in and depend upon the Boreal for survival. The Boreal is also a vital resource in the fight against global warming, because it is one of the largest storehouses of global warming on the planet.

So just for redundancy's sake, I'll state the obvious; we need to stop the destructive and merciless logging of the Boreal forest, espcially since it goes to products that are used once then flushed down the toilet or thrown away.

For more info, Google it, or check out www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/kleercut