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industrializing nation. You have worked in this region for what solution(s) you would you try to arrange. Consider
years and know and care for the local people, who want the range of issues and options discussed in this chapter,
to save the forest and its animals but also need to make including government protected areas, private protected
a living and use the forest’s resources. The nation’s gov- areas, biosphere reserves, forest management techniques,
ernment plans to sell a concession to a foreign multina- carbon offsets, FSC-certified sustainable forestry, and
tional timber corporation to log the entire forest unless more. Explain reasons for your choice(s).
your group can work out some other solution. Describe

Calculating Ecological Footprints

We all rely on forest resources. The average North American each region of the world, calculate the per capita consumption
consumes 225 kg (500 lb) of paper and paperboard each year. for each region using the population data in the table. Note:
Using the estimates of paper and paperboard consumption for 1 metric ton = 2205 pounds.

Total paper consumed Per capita paper
Population (millions) (millions of metric tons) consumed (pounds)
Africa 1051 7 15
Asia 4216 189
Europe 740 95
Latin America 596 26
North America 346 78
Oceania 37 4
World 6987 400 126
Data are for 2011, from Population Reference Bureau and U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

1. How much paper would be consumed if everyone in the recycling, and reductions in packaging of some products.
world used as much paper as the average North American? Name three specific things you personally could do to
2. How much paper would North Americans save each year reduce your own consumption of paper products.
if they consumed paper at the rate of Europeans? 4. Describe three ways in which consuming FSC-certified
3. North Americans have been reducing their per-person paper rather than conventional paper can reduce the envi-
consumption of paper and paperboard by nearly 5% annu- ronmental impacts of paper consumption.
ally in recent years as a result of a shift to online activity,

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