The Real Cost Of Cheap Wood | IKEA | Wood Industry | Sustainability | Documentary

The Real Cost Of Cheap Wood - Documentary on the practices of the wood industry with a focus on illegal timber trade.

The Real Cost Of Cheap Wood (2017)
Director: Marie Maurice
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Also Known As: Wood Industry: A Business Against Nature

Synopsis:
When 15 – 30% of the timber sold worldwide is thought to be illegal, how sustainable is the wood used in Ikea’s products? The company claims it only uses responsibly-sourced materials but – as this investigation reveals – some of their sub-contractors are pillaging Romania’s ancient forests. In Indonesia, APP plantations have caused widespread pollution. This investigation, filmed in Sweden, France, Romania and Indonesia, investigates the real cost of cheap wood.

Reviews:
"I work in the cabinet business. I have done a lot of research regarding the cheap import lumber. From every thing I've studied, and watched, this is the best. I became interested because of the price descrepancy between import and domestic wood products. Example 1/2" sheet of a-1 maple ply core from a mill in Oregon would cost me $ 65. Imported from China $28. The import stuff is poor quality, but it's insanely low price is particularly because of it being conflict lumber, or clear cutting in Siberia, Africa etc.. IKEA is as guilty as they come. Much of there lumber is harvested by north Korean slave Labor. There's a book called "cheap" and several videos by vice if you want to pursue this further. This was an excellent expose. The females in this movie were incredibly compitant journalists."
written by "DMW" on amazon.com

"This documentary contains important information on the global wood industry. Most of the western world is blind to the fact that many of our beloved products come at such a high cost to our environment! In the spirit of other documentaries such as Food Inc and the recent Rotten series, this film sheds light on the disheartening costs to our global forests, to our environment and ultimately to our health. I encourage everyone to watch this and share it. We need to spread the word. I only wish there was more to the film as it ends rather abruptly; needs a segment on other companies (domestic and global) that participate in illicit wood and paper production, corruption and deforestation practices as an umbrella whistleblower. Would like to see more info on companies and organizations which are doing good to currently help mitigate damage to our planet, to defend against future damage and destruction and to promote political and economic policy for change in an industry marred by deception, lobbyists, money hungry corporations and environmental disregard and disrespect."
written by "Brent Laakso" on amazon.com

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