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Biomass Harvest Guidelines
Biomass can be harvested in such a way that allows timberland owners to improve profitability and preserve their forests.

$100M to Support Quebec's Forest Communities
Measure is intended to support communities affected by the forestry crisis in their efforts to expand and diversify their economic activity

Call for Recognition of All Certified Wood
Canadian Institute of Forestry has called upon the U.S. Green Building Council to recognize all wood from certified legal and sustainably managed sources in Canada

Paper company loses green certification after rainforest destruction in Indonesia
"This means that until practices on the ground drastically improve, pulp and paper products from Indonesia must be off limits to anyone who cares about human rights, the climate or rainforests"

SFI Inc. Launches New Standard - Leads Forest Certification Forward
New standard reinforces its important role in supporting and promoting sustainable forest management

Resilience Report Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Communities
This report explores the state-of-the-issue of community resilience of rural, often forest-based communities in the US

NM researcher develops trees to improve lives in dry, rural areas in 4 Corners region, Africa
FARMINGTON, N.M. A New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa.

NH - Consortium seeks to boost wood manufacturers
The Northeast Utilities Foundation has provided a $150,000, two-year grant to help the North Country's wood products manufacturing industry

Endowment and Partners Announce Plan for Conservation Easement Database
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment announced a collaborative initiative to create the first national database of conservation easement information

CA - My View: State Fortunes Will Grow If Forests Are Thinned
David A. Bischel president of the California Forestry Association and a registered professional forester

Timber Products Inspection Inc. Accredited For SFI Chain-Of-Custody Certification
Timber Products Inspection Inc. has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for chain-of-custody certifications to Sustainable Forestry Initiative

U.N. Report: Forestry Can Create 10 Million Jobs
The United Nations is urging countries to invest in green jobs working with "sustainable forest management" to address the growing problem of unemployment worldwide

ID - A Long-Awaited Boon For Timber Country
In the short term, it will be the stimulus bill. The Forest Service alone will get $1 billion, and nearly 20 million acres of Idaho, mostly in the poverty-stricken north, is national forest

Oregon Company Tries To Grow Its Timber Business In China
Portland-based GreenWood Resources is about to wager up to $300 million on China, where soaring demand for cabinets, paper and furniture makes wood a hot commodity

Endowment Announces Selection of Forest Investment Zones
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announces the selection of three areas as Forest Investment Zones under a multi-million dollar initiative

The Nature Conservancy Joins Northwest Certified Forestry
This summer TNC made the decision to join Northwest Certified Forestry, enrolling two managed forests in Washington

Association Introduces Market-Centric Plan For Sustainable Forests
State foresters are taking steps to implement a novel proposal that would help the countrys forests pay for their own rescue

BC - CellFor Grabs $10M For Improved Tree Seedlings
Varietal seedlings have the potential to increase timber yields, reduce diseases and produce high-value wood

Steelcase Earns Sustainable Forestry Certification, Pollution Prevention Award
Office furniture maker Steelcase has expanded its environmental credentials by receiving Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification, showing its wood products come from sustainably-managed forests

NH - Strategy and Recommendations for Economic Resurgence in the Northern Forest
SEI began in 2006 to advance the findings of the Northern Forest Lands Council 10th Anniversary Forum and its recommendation to create community and economic development strategies

ID - Seeing The Forest For The Trees
Boundary County Forester Provides Landowners with Timber Stategies

CA - Saving The Trees But Not The Forests The Struggle Of The Quincy Library Group
One night in 1984, a group of loggers grabbed Michael Jackson and threw him out of a bar. Nine years later, in 1993, Jackson put this little Sierra Nevada logging town on the map by forming the Quincy Library Group

OR: Field trip helps forge trust among diverse interests
Armed with 11 different colors and patterns of marking tape, they set out with a goal to flag which trees they would save, with the other ones left to be cut, if they were making the decisions.

US Endowment For Forestry & Communities Adopts Strategic Focus
Endowments Board of Directors adopts a programmatic focus for its work.

Guyana: More assistance for forestry development
Governments programme to empower Amerindian communities through sustainable utilisation and development of forest resources is gaining further support from the international community.

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