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Article

19 Oct 2010

Author:
Leopold Broers, An-Katrien Lecluyse, Mondiaal Nieuws

Sustainable on paper: the eucalyptus plantations of Bahia, Brazil

NGOs, city administrations and publishers worldwide switch to FSC-certified paper. Ordinary consumers can buy copy and printing paper as well as paper towels and even wallpaper bearing the tree logo. But is the paper's green image justified? MO* investigated the case in the eucalyptus plantations of the Brazilian state Bahia [owned by Veracel (joint venture Stora Enso, Fibria)]