How will my choice of wood products in the UK have an impact on illegal logging?
At WWF-UK our campaigns are mainly about reaching people in the UK, as that is where we can have the most influence. But we also work with other WWF offices in Europe who are reaching people in their countries with these same messages. In the UK and other developed countries we consume a proportionately larger share of the world’s timber products (according to latest available Forestry Commission statistics, the UK imported 5.8 million m3 of sawnwood and nearly 9 million tonnes of pulp and paper from around the world in 2008 alone). We also tend to have more opportunities to make choices about which products we choose than people in poorer countries who may not have as much choice. Therefore we have the opportunity to have a significant influence on the timber industry through the products we choose. It can sometimes seem difficult to see how we in the UK can make a difference when we are a small proportion of the world’s population. But everyone can make a difference. We all have a pa
