Green Options » protecting forests http://greenoptions.com/tag/protecting-forests Posts tagged 'protecting forests' Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Eco-Libris: Wal-Mart Joins WWF’s Initiative to Eliminate Illegal Logging http://sustainablog.org/2008/07/22/wal-mart-joins-wwfs-initiative-to-eliminate-illegal-logging/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/07/22/wal-mart-joins-wwfs-initiative-to-eliminate-illegal-logging/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:05:13 +0000 Raz Godelnik http://sustainablog.org/2008/07/22/wal-mart-joins-wwfs-initiative-to-eliminate-illegal-logging/ This is a guest post by Raz Godelnik of Eco-Libris.This article was originally published on Eco-Libris blog on July 16.

Forests need strong allies to win their survival battles. This week it seems they have a new powerful friend that might help. His name is Wal-Mart.

Environmental Leader reports that the world’s largest retailer has become a member of the Global Forest & Trade Network (GTFN), a WWF initiative to eliminate illegal logging and improve the management of valuable and threatened forests. By becoming a member, Wal-Mart pledges to help save endangered forests by using more wood from sustainable and certified sources.

WWF published a press release about the new member of GTFN this Monday, reporting that by joining the organization, Wal-Mart has committed to phasing out illegal and unwanted wood sources from its supply chain and increasing its proportion of wood products originating from credibly certified sources – for Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Clubs in the United States.

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