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Old 02-28-2008, 11:25 PM   #23
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Got figures on the old growth usage to back that up? Paper is a renewable resource, and the last I knew, the vast majority these days does not come from "old growth" sources.
I wonder where all the old growth woodchips go then?

Alternatively, ask where the pulp for the papermills comes from. It's common for forestry promoters to say things like "15-20% from recycled paper, 50% from plantations, aren't we good", without noting that the 30% remaining comes from existing forests that are being cut down. This sort of reporting is almost ubiquitous and makes collecting stats on old growth logging very tedious.

"Up to 400,000 tonnes of logs from forests and plantations south of Hobart are to be transported to the Tamar Valley pulpmill each year."
http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaig...ill/hampshire/
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