Can globalization work for both people and the environment?
This is the question the ILO is asking in the forestry and wood industry, where the momentum of globalization and unsustainable practices have resulted in significant job losses and increased insecurity for forest-based livelihoods. GENEVA – Do jobs grow on trees? Not for some 47 million workers in the forestry, wood, furniture, pulp and paper industries, as well as the more than 400 million people living in or next to forest areas worldwide. Current threats to jobs and livelihoods include raw material shortages in several developing countries, partly amplified by restrictions on forest harvesting and illegal logging. In China alone, such restrictions will affect more than 1.2 million forest workers. In almost all countries, the use of advanced equipment, structural changes, and mergers and acquisitions as a result of globalization have led to a steady decline in the workforce. In a meeting held from 17 to 21 September, on the Social and Labour Dimensions of Forestry and Wood Industrie
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