Pulping the South

Carrere, Ricardo and Larry Lohmann

ISBN 10: 1856494381 / ISBN 13: 9781856494380

Published by White Lotus Press, London, 1996

About this Item

Demand for paper is soaring. In its search for cheap wood to supply raw material, today s pulp and paper industry is throwing its net ever wider across the world. One of the more disturbing results is the spread of fast-growing pulpwood plantations in the forests, pastures and farmlands of the South. Contesting the industry propagated notion that all tree-planting must be benign, this path-breaking book shows how the new plantations are contributing to impoverishment of people; degradation of soil, water and biodiversity; and rural strife in countries as diverse as Chile, South Africa and Indonesia. This book s insights into the history, causes and workings of globalization in one of the world s leading industries, and alternative papermaking will be of interest to activists, environmentalists, economists, geographers and development specialists alike.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pulping the South
• Publisher: White Lotus Press, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856494381
• ISBN 13: 9781856494380
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: no dj
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

In its search for cheap wood to supply raw material, today's pulp and paper industry is throwing its net every wider across the world. One of the more disturbing results is the spread of fast-growing pulpwood plantations in the forests, pastures and farmlands of the South.

Review

'Packed with detail and backed by crystal-clear analysis, this book is an essential tool for all who support the social movements of the South that are resisting this theft of land and livelihood.' - Marcus Colchester, Director, Forest Peoples Programme.

'This is a book of incontestable importance. It shows how an industry widely assumed to be benign is responsible for misery, destitution an destruction. Pulping the South is a wake up call to the world.' - George Monbiot, author of No Man's Land

'This book provides exhaustive and provocative scrutiny of the social and environmental impacts of the expansion of the pulp and paper industry in the South.' - Krishna Ghimire, Project Leader, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva