RESOURCES
REPORTS & MEDIA
By a Thousand Cuts: How Powerful Companies’ Wood Sourcing Is Degrading Canada’s Boreal Forest
The Issue with Tissue 6th Edition: A Buyer’s Guide
LEGAL
Overview of a Class Action Lawsuit filed January 2025 alleging that Procter & Gamble uses greenwashing tactics to mislead consumers.
VIDEO
Trailer for Charmin Wipes out a Forest
CBC News: The international push to stop Canadian boreal deforestation
Only 1% of British Columbia’s old growth forests remain, researchers find
PRESS
CBC News: ‘Cutting the heck’ out of Canada’s boreal forest has put caribou at risk
El País: Vanishing wilderness: Deforestation devastation pushes Canada’s boreal forest to the limit
Mongabay: The hard reality of soft toilet paper
New York Times: Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change
North Shore News: British Columbia logged a fifth more old-growth forests than reported
Reuters: Procter & Gamble accused of ‘greenwashing’ in Charmin toilet paper, lawsuit says
Reuters Special Report: ‘Sustainable’ logging operations are clear-cutting Canada’s climate-fighting forests
The turquoise on this map indicates areas where the forest is at least 100 years old. The oranges patches show areas that have been logged in Quebec and Ontario since 1976.
You can use the Earth Engine Apps mapping tool to view the forest changes in real time, plus see the impact on caribou habitat.