Domtar Moves to Preserve Boreal Forest

WWF-Canada, a leading conservation organization, and Domtar have inked an ambitious agreement that solidifies their joint commitment to ensuring the long-term conservation of the Canadian boreal forest. Through this agreement, WWF-Canada will work with Domtar on the following areas:

• To pursue FSC certification, the highest forest certification standard globally, for all Domtar-managed forest land in Canada

• To identify important areas for protection on Domtar-managed lands

• To promote FSC-certified environmentally responsible papers, such as Domtar’s EarthChoice line.

Domtar has been working with WWF-Canada since November 2003 when it became the first Canadian-based fine papers company to pledge to certify all of its forests and mills to the rigorous FSC standard. Since then, Domtar has achieved FSC certification for 5 million hectares of its forestland. The company has also already voluntarily identified areas for protection equivalent to three times the size of Toronto, in addition to government regulated protected areas in their forests.