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George Draffan with a friend's arm draped over his shoulder

George Draffan on the Global Assault on Forests

January 4, 2025
Zach Charles

George Draffan is a researcher, the head of the Public Information Network and the co-author of Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests. He discussed the tax subsidies to corporations who deforest the world, the history of how industrial logging has exacerbated forest fires, and how deforestation is proof Western culture values the rights of corporations over humans, as well as global corporate deforestation, the disproportionate percentage of the world’s tree products the U.S.A. uses, how most of those products are for unwanted packaging and tissues. And some solutions, such as restoration ecology.

1 Comment

  1. Rob Lewis

    Thanks for this. Great interview, and very timely. The planet is heating beyond the predictions of carbon-based models, and no one is asking the obvious question: gee, could it have something to do with the fact that we are demolishing the planet’s natural cooling system. Buying the book now.

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