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American Forests
American Forests advocates planting trees for environmental restoration, practicing urban forestry and communicating the benefits of trees and forests. Their Web site offers workshops, publications and other resources on community-based forestry in the United States.
Ancient Forest International (AFI)
AFI develops opportunities for wildlands philanthropists and communities to coordinate efforts to purchase and protect forestlands. They develop economic strategies to support locals dependent on forests purchased in North and South America, particularly in California, Chile, and Ecuador. The AFI Web site promotes ecotourism, permaculture, ecoforestry and corporate campaigning.
Center for International Trade in Forest Products
The Center for International Trade in Forest Products is one of three applied research centers within University of Washington's College of Forest Resources. Their Web site contains documents of their research in North and South America, Asia and Europe.
Ecoforestry Institute Society of Canada
This Web site contains expansive collection of forestry-related articles, most from the Ecoforestry Institute Society of Canada’s journal, Ecoforestry.
Forest Conservation Portal
This forest conservation portal provides vast biodiversity conservation news and information, action alerts, and archived articles.
Forest World -- A Sustainable Forest Products Resource
Forestworld.com is an online source for finding country-by-country forestry information, or for researching sustainable forest products and the silvical characteristics of 200 forest trees. This site makes available the use of consulting services to help you support, buy, or sell certified wood products.
ForestHarvest
The ForestHarvest Web site features a comprehensive overview of the gathering, management and trading of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Scotland, plus directories of Scottish species and NTFP businesses, a database of international NTFP literature, and links to related online resources.
Forests Forever
Forests Forever is dedicated to protecting and enhancing California forests and wildlife habitat through educational, legislative and electoral activities. At forestsforever.org, you can locate information on California’s forests and how to help protect them, current campaigns, forest news and action alerts.
Heritage Forests Campaign
Heritage Forests Campaign, devoted to upholding the protection of our National Forests, uses fact sheets, reports and cartoons to advocate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of wild national forest land from most commercial logging and road-building.
International Tropical Timber Organization
ITTO is an intergovernmental organization promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Their Web site includes information about deforestation, and features up-to-date news about forest conservation and the tropical timber trade.
METLA: WWW Virtual Library: Forestry
METLA serves as a directory of forestry related publications, organizations, lists and sites.
Native Forest Council
At forestcouncil.org/voice, you can access Native Forest Council, a quarterly journal dedicated to informing people about the travesties of resource extraction on publicly owned lands, including news and information to help citizens defend their natural heritage.
Save America’s Forests
Save America’s Forests is a nationwide campaign designed to end clear-cutting and protect and restore our nation’s wild and natural forests. The official Web site contains a complete guide to saving America’s forests, an A-Z guide of forest legislation and laws and profiles of the status of protected and natural European forests.
The Sustainable Furniture Council
The Sustainable Furniture Council is a non-profit industry association created to promote sustainable practices among manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike with a public tagging program to identify good choices. We are over one hundred members strong and growing fast. The solution starts with you.
Tropical Forest Group
The Tropical Forest Group catalyzes policy, science and advocacy to conserve and restore the planet’s most vital and threatened biome.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) -- Forests of Central Africa
The WCS-Congo Web site is dedicated to the tropical lowland forests of Central Africa and details WCS’s role in the management of three protected areas in Congo, the wildlife and intact ecosystems that thrive in these areas, and why these areas need special attention.
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