Greenpeace Reaffirms Support for Ancient Forest Logging
PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE
Cursory review of FSC’s controversial certifications completely fails to question false premise that primary and old-growth forest logging is ever “well-managed”, instead calling for better training manuals for ancient forest destruction
By Earth’s Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet
CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Seattle, WA) — Today Greenpeace International released a report entitled “Holding the Line with FSC“[1] which reaffirms Greenpeace’s unflinching support for the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) [search] past and on-ongoing industrial first-time logging of hundreds of millions of hectares of primary and old-growth forests. Greenpeace and other “forest protection” groups like the Rainforest Action Network and WWF continue to provide crucial greenwash for the false premise that ancient forest logging [search] is desirable and can ever be considered “well-managed”.
Greenpeace was the target of a series of protests in 2007 led by Ecological Internet, as Greenpeace held FSC’s international chairmanship, regarding their continued support for ancient forest logging given widespread irregularities. At that time they agreed to review problematic FSC certifications, and to respond to criticism regarding FSC’s dependence upon ancient forest logging. Their new report fails miserably on both counts.
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