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Sustainable Forest Stewardship: The FSC and other authorities on maintaining healthy forests through responsible forest stewardship
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The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent non-profit organization that has set high standards for proper forest stewardship and responsible management in order to preserve and protect our forests for the future. The FSC has developed specific criteria that include 10 Principles of responsible forest management. |
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"Treecycle America: Certified Urban Forestry" |
Damon Barron: "Treecycle America: Certified Urban Forestry". From TEDx Talks YouTube video description: "We throw away 50 million lbs of tree debris in Charlotte NC alone each year. This is very underutilized and TCA plans to change that. Our goal is to educate and change where a commodity comes from and how far it comes. We have the potential to have value in our trees, after their living usefulness is done." |
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"The power of sustainable forests" |
Kathy Abusow: "The power of sustainable forests". From TEDx Talks YouTube video description: "Kathy Abusow is President & CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Inc. (SFI), a non-profit that plays a central role in strengthening the vital links between sustainable forestry, responsible purchasing and thriving communities. Kathy is committed to raising awareness that well managed forests provide products and benefits that help society at large. These forests store carbon, clean the air we breathe and the water we drink, provide habitat for many species, and produce products that improve our quality of life. Forests certified to SFI Standards span a quarter billion acres from Canada’s Boreal to the US South, and millions of additional acres are positively influenced by SFI Standards and programs for the responsible procurement of forest products. Her talk emphasizes how we need not only to hug the trees, but the forests as well." |
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"Does forest certification really work?" |
"Does forest certification really work?" written by Shreya Dasgupta, researched by Zuzana Burivalova, published on Mongabay September, 2017 as part of a series entitled Conservation Effectiveness. This article is based on a review of 40 studies of certified tropical forests and conventionally managed forests. |
https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/does-forest-certification-really-work/ |
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) |
