Not exact matches
The project is designed to have a significant transformational impact on the Ghana
forest plantation sector by supporting a new business model that will serve as an example to
other investors,
producing wood
products which have the quality and sustainability stamp that will help meet increasing market demand while avoiding pressure on natural reserve
forests.
Enviva claims that it
produces wood pellets only from low - grade wood resources such as chips, bark, sawdust by -
products, treetops, branches, and
other forestry debris remaining after the tree trunks from commercial
forests have been shipped for construction material.
Beyond this, an additional 30 million hectares will be needed to
produce lumber, paper, and
other forest products.
According to the NRDC, major paper -
product companies use fiber from virgin boreal
forests to
produce tissues and
other items that could just as easily be made with recycled materials.
In the drive to
produce more palm oil, for use in food and health
products or in biodiesel, more and more
forest is chopped down — in the process releasing vast amounts of stored carbon in the soil and reducing the carbon storage potential of the region, as well as destroying habitat for orangutans and
other endangered species.