The practice of eco-agriculturehas brought about strikingimprovements in the environment for the industry—barren hills greened, forestacreagegreatlyraised, soilerosioncontrolled to some extent.
On June 2, Muddy Waters, a short-selling firm, sent the stock of Toronto-listed Sino-Forest Corp. tumbling after charging the Chinese company with substantially misrepresenting its rights to timber acreage and massively overstating revenues.