The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as China, Japan, South Korea). Australasia, South East Asia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries.

The industry is criticized by environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council for unsustainable deforestation and clearcutting of old-growth forest. The industry trend is to expand globally to countries like Russia, China and Indonesia with low wages and low environmental oversight. According to Greenpeace, farmers in Central America illegally rip up vast tracts of native forest for cattle and soybean production without any consequences and companies who buy timber from private land owners contribute to massive Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.

See alsoEdit

• Paper recycling
• Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - Recycle Paper!
• Reducing Junk Mail
• Book swapping
  • Library
• Paper pollution