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Dogwood Alliance Protects Cumberland
Plateau - reaches groundbreaking agreement with Paper Company to protect
forests
In
2005 in response to rising public concern regarding AbitibiBowater's (formerly
Bowater) the largest paper producer in the Southern U.S. and specifically on
the Cumberland Plateau, the company entered into an historic Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with Dogwood Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense
Council in which it committed to make some significant improvements to its
sourcing of wood fiber in the Southern U.S forests. The MOU included
important commitments to identify and protect forests of ecological
significance, end the conversion of natural forests to plantations, restrict
the aerial spraying of chemical fertilizers and herbicides, limit the use of
large-scale clear cutting and to increase the use of recycled fiber.
Over
the past three years, Dogwood Alliance has worked hard to see that Bowater -
now AbitibiBowater keeps its promises.
For more information on the historic agreement click here
For the Dogwood Alliance report on Bowater's steps to implement the
agreement
and for more information on how the agreement has worked to
provide on the ground protection for the Cumberland Plateau
click here
To take a virtual tour of the Plateau click here
For NRDC's
Cumberland Plateau page click here
To take Action click here
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