Art competition

Forests – trees                 Paper                 Recycling

• 23 % of land is covered by forests.
• In 1998 roughly 17 % of wood from the world's logging was used for making paper.
• 120 000 km2 of forests are lost every year which is like the area of the Scotland, wales, North Ireland and
  944 football pitches
• Today there is only less than half of tropical forests left, it's less than 7% of land
• Trees and virgin forests in the equatorial zones influence climate greatly on the whole of Planet Earth
• The biggest area is taken up by virgin forest in Amazonia, the Congo basin and on the south-west islands of Asia

• man wants still more and more wood
• Mostly virgin forests are devastated because of logging or exploitation, because of stock raising and the production of comercial food on plantations
• World institutions blindly support human greed. Global concerns are robbing natural resources, which have been with us for thousands of millions years.
• Market mechanisms make firms exploit natural resources especially in places, where there is the cheapest workforce, the softest environmental laws and the worst social environment for the population.

• Raw materials : Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus), Straw and post harvesting remnants, Hemp, Cotton
• Other raw materials: Linen, Bamboo, Banana tree, Hemp, Tobacco, Corn, Sugar cane, Soya, Used jeans or paper money, Synthetic fibres, Mineral fibres (glassy, asbestos, ceramic) – most use for frits, Animal fibres (wool)

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