1.   Environmental advocates targeted these companies through a series of high-profile actions around the world designed to persuade consumers to stop buying timber cut from British Columbian rainforests.

2.   EcoTimber of Berkeley is buying used timber salvaged by teenagers from torn-down buildings at the Port of Oakland and fallen trees in Sacramento and other cities.

3.   Loggers typically align themselves with a few manufacturers, who usually buy the timber directly from the landowner and pay the loggers for cutting and hauling the wood.

4.   It also called on industrialized nations to halt the trade in illegal timber and make a commitment to buy timber only from legal sources originating in sustainably managed forests.

5.   The money is then used to buy timber and scrap metal.

6.   The U.S. lumber industry argues its counterparts in Canada have an unfair trade advantage because they buy timber for relatively low fees from Canadian provinces.