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The price of paper: Tasmania's forests?Rainforest Action Network

The price of paper: Tasmania's forests?

 

Top Japanese paper company Nippon is not only driving the destruction of

Tasmania's ancient forests by buying old growth wood from logging giant

Gunns Limited -- they're also misinforming the public about it.

 

By telling customers that all Tasmanian old growth forests are already

protected (which is NOT true), Nippon -- by far Gunns' biggest buyer -- is

avoiding the public outcry that might force them to stop buying old growth

trees from Gunns.

This week is Nippon's annual meeting: let's send a strong message to them

that it is time to stop supporting the destruction of Tasmania's ancient

forests!

 

Earlier this month, I joined other RAN staff in Tokyo, Japan, to raise

awareness about the plight of Tasmania's forests and to put pressure on the

Japanese paper companies that are supporting the destruction through their

massive purchases from Gunns.

While some companies are making progress, Nippon Paper has done nothing. My

trip to Japan was just the most recent effort RAN has made to try to meet

with Nippon. For more than a year, the company has avoided meetings with RAN

and stalled any real reforms. Moreover, Nippon has inaccurately told its

customers that all old growth forests are already protected in Tasmania and

that Gunns' logging meets FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) standards.

 

This week, we're trying to set the story straight, but we need your help.

RAN is releasing a new report that exposes the connection between the

Japanese paper industry and Tasmanian forest destruction.

 

But information is not enough if it is not accompanied by action. We need

your help to put public pressure on Nippon to stop buying old growth wood

from Gunns. Nippon is Gunns' top customer -- so if our campaign motivates

them to stop buying old growth, it will be a huge step toward protecting

these forests.

 

Please take action by clicking here.

http://ga3.org/campaign/nippon_msg/iie3s35r1dixb7m?

 

 

Thank you for all your support to help save Tasmania's majestic forests.

For the Earth,

David Lee

Tasmania Forest Campaign

Rainforest Action Network

http://www.treesnotgunns.org

http://www.ran.org

Tell Nippon Paper: " Stop buying Tasmanian old-growth! "