Green Chopsticks

Research on Forests and Chopsticks

Biogeography of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)

A nice, readable introduction to aspens by Douglas W. Johnson.

Mitsubishi and Daishowa's Involvement in Canadian Deforestation

A 1997 Trade and Environment Database (TED) Study, written by Jason R. Miller, of the impact on Canadian forests by two Japanese multinational corporations, which are clearcutting old-growth aspens to produce disposable chopsticks and other products.

Sustainability and Logging In Canada's Forests

A 1997 Friends of the Earth Briefing, giving an overview of Canadian forests

FEIS species summary on bigtooth aspen.

A report from the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) of the US Forest Service, surveying the biology, ecology and uses (as well as the fire effects) of the species. The FEIS also has studies for the related quaking aspen and balsam poplar.

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