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Paper packaging used for Barbie dolls is being made out of wood sourced from critically endangered rainforests. A study commissioned by Greenpeace found Barbie\u2019s colourful packaging originates from the virgin rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, which is home to many endangered species including tigers and orangutans. And it\u2019s not just Barbie manufacturer Mattel who\u2019s at fault. Disney toy figures, including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Snow White, as well as Hasbro and Lego products were also found to be using packaging made from endangered rainforest wood. Greenpeace bought 30 mainly Mattel-made dolls from Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, the U.S. and Australia which were sent to a laboratory where scientists were able to detect the type of wood fibres used in the packaging. Longer fibres indicate tropical hardwood from rainforests while shorter fibres indicate softwood grown on plantations. All but five of the 30 products tested were found to have used rainforest wood. Bustar Maitar, head of Greenpeace\u2019s campaign to save the forests of Indonesia said: \u2018Barbie is trashing rainforests and pushing critically-endangered wildlife, like tigers, towards extinction\u2019. \u2018Mattel, which makes Barbie, must stop wrapping the world\u2019s most famous toy in rainforest destruction.\u2019 Every year Indonesia loses an area of rainforest equivalent to the size of Devon. The country has now become the third largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world after the U.S. and China. Mattel, the world\u2019s most profitable toy company, sources paper from Indonesia\u2019s Asia Pulp & Paper company which many retailers have banned due to their use of rainforest wood. The company, which admits using wood from natural forests, say they plan to continue to do so until 2015 when they will switch to purely sustainable resources. Mattel said in a written statement that it had been in communication with Greenpeace on a variety of paper sourcing issues. <\/p>\n![\"Facebook\"](\"http:\/\/cms.nagalandpost.com\/newsimages\/PhotosCollection\/BKDWMJOIYQWKXUNDBKXF.png\")
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