Late last month, the Greenpeace Ship Artic Sunrise began a blockade of the freighter Jaeger Arrow in Quebec’s Saguenay River, preventing the export of thousands of tons of pulp to Europe.
The pulp, manufactured by SFK Pulp from destructive logging in Canada’s Boreal Forest, is destined for paper giant Stora Enso in Germany and France.
Canada’s Boreal Forest is one of the most important forests left on the planet. But instead of being protected and managed responsibly, it’s being clearcut and shipped off to Europe and the U.S. to make newspapers, books, and magazines. Quebec exported forest products worth $684 million to Europe and $10 billion to the USA in 2005. In the same year, Ontario exported $8 billion to the USA and $92 million to Europe.
SFK Pulp produces 375,000 tonnes of pulp each year. Much of this is shipped to Europe and the United States to manufacture many different kinds of paper. The bulk of the wood used by SFK to make their pulp is supplied by logging company Abitibi-Consolidated, with additional supply coming from logging company Bowater. These companies were recently exposed as destroying intact forest areas and caribou habitat in Ontario and Quebec in Greenpeace’ Chain of Destruction report.
View full story and see photos on Greenpeace's Kleercut web site.
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