EX          31.1

|   | 1.                        I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Buckeye                    Technologies Inc. (the “registrant”); |
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|   | 2.                        Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue                    statement                    of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary                    to make the                    statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such                    statements                    were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered                    by this                    report; |
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|   | 3.                        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                    information included in this report, fairly present in all material                    respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash                    flows of                    the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this                    report; |
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|   | 4.                        The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for                    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                    (as                    defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and                    internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange                    Act                    Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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|   | (a)                       Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such                    disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,                    to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,                    including                    its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others                    within those                    entities, particularly during the period in which this report                    is being                    prepared; |
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|   | (b)                       Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused                    such                    internal control over financial reporting to be designed under                    our                    supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability                    of                    financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements                    for                    external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting                    principles; |
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|   | (c)                       Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and                    procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about                    the                    effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of                    the end of                    the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | (d)                       Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control                    over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent                    fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably                    likely to                    materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial                    reporting; and |
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|   | 5.                        The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on                    our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial                    reporting,                    to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s                    board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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|   | (a)                       All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design                    or                    operation of internal control over financial reporting which                    are                    reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,                    process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|   | (b)                       Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management                    or other                    employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control                    over financial reporting. |
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| Dated                    this 26th                    day of August, 2008                            |   |
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| /s/                    John B.                    Crowe                                         |   |
| John                    B. CroweChairman                    of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |   |
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