China produces 57 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which requires over 1.18 million square meters of forest, according to the Forest Ministry’s statistics from 2004 to 2009.
After China’s 1998 logging ban, attention turned to harvesting bamboo. The industry brings in millions of dollars each year for the country’s economy. But as demand for bamboo skyrockets, widespread over-harvesting could lead to a new ecological crisis in the region. Image by Sean Gallagher, who also has the story.
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