A recent article reported that global deforestation is continuing at an accelerating rate. What are the barriers to and aids for of techniques described in the Metsa Group case study appearing on pages 400 through 403?

Sustainable forest supply networks in Metsa Group

Forests are a vital resource for life on earth. They provide invaluable environmental, social and economic benefits to us all. Forests improve air and water quality, reduce soil erosion and act as a buffer against global warming. The forest industry also generates over $168 billion in global trade through wood products. Every business interacts with the forest industry on some level because of high levels of demand for timber and paper.

However there is no doubt that forests continue to be under threat, with the WWF estimating that the equivalent area of 36 football pitches is lost each minute, particularly in the Amazon, Borneo and Sumatra, the Congo Basin and the Russian Far East. This is due to both the non-renewable harvesting of wood (beyond the replacement rate) as well as significant illegal logging across the world.

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