Paper and Paperboard Production in 2003

Caption

Paper and Paperboard Production in 2003

Summary

This map shows the global production of paper and paperboard products by country. The pulp and paper industries, which are based on wood, represent one of the worst sources of worldwide pollution.

Circles varying in size according to the total amount of paper and paperboard production in 2003 are shown for countries which produced more than 500,000 tonnes.

"It concerns all sorts of paper and paperboard: newsprint, printing and writing paper, construction paper and paperboard, 
household and sanitary paper, special thin paper, wrapping and packaging paper and paperboard and all other paper and paperboard."

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal [1].

Cartographer/Designer: Cécile Marin

Primary sources:

FAO, Forestry Report, 2003.

Copyright

Licensing

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Series

This map is one in a series
For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.