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BED WOOD FIBRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Thick beds of wood fibre steal oxygen from the water on the ocean floor near pulp and paper mills. An estimated 34 square km of Pacific seabed have been suffocated by the gooey, white mats. The industry has cut wood-fibre discharges, but the fibre beds persist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Pollution de l'eau

Spanish

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