CCHW is in it to save forests, too, but their main aim is to reduce toxic dioxin and stupid waste disposal. Thanks to that campaign, people now look at foam packaging differently. We need to do the same with the image of paper and wood waste, by informing Americans about the connections between the destruction of forests and dioxin. The destruction of virgin forests is occurring on a massive scale around the world, in Indonesia, in Siberia, in British Columbia, and in Latin America. Worldwide, some 14 million acres of rainforests disappear each year.
Forests are home to most of the world's species and most of the world's indigenous peoples.
In addition, forests serve human needs directly, producing game, medicines, fruits, gums, nuts, resins, fiber, and firewood. Industrial logging in forests is a major cause of ecological destruction and the loss of biodiversity. Only 10 percent of the inhabited Earth remains in roadless condition. The other 90 percent is chopped up by roads into segments of less than 8000 acres. This is startling considering we haven't approached the 100-year anniversary of the automobile.