Impact of Global Timber Trade

From Russia and Burma to mills of China, to your local "Big Box" store, and then to your urban or suburban home... An interesting look at the global timber trade, illegal logging, and how the American demand for wood products is involved. More information on the state of illegal logging in Russia.

Meanwhile, many foresters, mills, and loggers in the U.S. adopt and implement better practices (at times with pressure from environmentalists, at times because it makes sense) and suffer in an increasingly competitive and at times unfair global economy.

(via SAF)