Transcript Go Paper. Grow Trees. - International Paper

Education Initiative
Middle/High School
Why should we care what happens to
American forests?
Our forests are basically our ecological life-support systems,
providing all of us with clean air and water.
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Tree Truth #1:
The use of paper actually helps to keep U.S. forests
growing and managed for better sustainability.
• Trees harvested for paper are grown on private land.
• In the U.S., private landowners plant about 4 million
trees every day. That’s 3–4 times more than they
harvest.
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Sustainability
• Definition:
– Sustainability means to live within our limits so that the planet
can meet the needs of future generations too.
• To the paper and pulp industry, sustainability means:
– Caring for the environment and our businesses
– Caring for present and future needs
– Continuing to use resources wisely
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Tree Truth #2:
In the U.S., the pulp and paper industry is the largest
producer and consumer of renewable energy.
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Tree Truth #3:
By linking the power of paper with the efficiency of
electronics, we can communicate better and help maintain
the best environmental balance possible.
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“Forestry is the most sustainable of all the
primary industries that provide us with
energy and materials...
To address climate change, we must use
more wood, not less. Using wood sends
signals to the marketplace to grow more
trees.”
– Dr. Patrick Moore, Co–founder of Greenpeace/Chair & Chief
Scientist, Greenpeace Strategies, Inc.
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Did You Know?
Private landowners own nearly 60 percent of our U.S.
forests and supply more than 90 percent of our
harvested wood.
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Did You Know?
There are more than 750 million acres of U.S. forestland.
That’s one–third of the U.S.
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Did You Know?
Three trees are planted for every tree harvested in the U.S.
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Did You Know?
In the next 30 years, the U.S. could lose 44 million acres of
forest to development.
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Did You Know?
In 2009, 63.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S.
was recovered for recycling. That’s 325 pounds for every
man, woman and child in the U.S.
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“We are in danger of losing the magnificent
working forests in America, as properties
continue to change hands according to
economic and environmental pressures.
It is time we focused on keeping
working forests as forests, because of the
role they play in preserving the green
infrastructure of the nation.”
– Lawrence Selzer, President and CEO, The Conservation Fund
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Paper is Reusable, Renewable and Recyclable.
Trees are a renewable resource that will keep
growing and growing.
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Paper is Reusable, Renewable and Recyclable.
Unlike nonrenewable resources, such as coal, oil or natural
gas, forests regenerate naturally, and good forest
management increases their abundance.
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Paper is Reusable, Renewable and Recyclable.
Renewing your resources is just as important as reusing
your products. Paper lets you do both.
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Paper is Reusable, Renewable and Recyclable.
By recycling, we recover and reuse the natural wood fibers.
By using new fibers, we help ensure that U.S. forests are
managed responsibly and that new forests are planted.
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How Long Will Our Fiber Supply Last
Without New Fiber?
“Even with maximum recycling, we would run out of fiber for making
paper products within a few months if fresh fiber were not added to
the fiber cycle.”
Computers Don’t Grow on Trees.
Nearly 60 percent of all U.S. paper is recycled, but only 18
percent of all electronic devices are.
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Print Pays Back to the Environment.
When you use paper, you are making a contribution to the
environment by keeping forests growing and
responsibly managed.
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“There aren’t many industries around
that can aspire to becoming
genuinely sustainable.
The pulp and paper industry,
however, is one of them.
It is inherently sustainable.”
– Jonathan Porritt, Chairman, UK Sustainability
Development Commission
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