> turning ancient, virgin boreal forests in Canada into, for example, Bounty papel towels As pointed out in other comments on this thread, wood and paper produ

> turning ancient, virgin boreal forests in Canada into, for example, Bounty papel towels As pointed out in other comments on this thread, wood and paper products are not the dominant factors in deforestation. The same is true in Canada and they have probably one of the more responsible countries in terms of forestry. [0] "Canada's forest area decreased 0.3% from 3.483 million km2 in 1990 to 3.471 million km2 in 2015. Over this period, most forest converted to other land uses was used for agriculture (42%), mining, oil and gas (24%), built-up area (16%), hydro-electric infrastructure and reservoirs (13%) and forestry roads (6%)." Land that is converted in to something else is the main deforestation, and you could say that last 6% is definitely driven by the forestry industry. Harvesting of timbers for wood products is generally controlled to the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) which is the estimate of how much wood is growing [1]. In other words, only harvest as much wood as you estimate has grown. This isn't to say that deforestation isn't an issue and you shouldn't try and buy paper towels from recycled paper. [0] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/16-201-x/16-201-x2018001-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/16-201-x/16-201-x2018001... [1] https://www.alberta.ca/forest-harvest-operations.aspx https://www.alberta.ca/forest-harvest-operations.aspx