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Sustainable Forestry Practices for Landowners

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) program is a comprehensive system of principles, objectives and performance measures developed by professional foresters, conservationists and scientists, among others that combines the perpetual growing and harvesting of trees with the long-term protection of wildlife, plants, soil and water quality. There are currently over 150 million acres of forestland in North America enrolled in the SFI® program, making it among the world's largest sustainable forestry programs.
Keeping our forests healthy is important. Healthy forests will continue to provide the wood and paper products that are vital to all of us while also ensuring that we have forests and wildlife for future generations of Americans. To ensure forests are protected, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) developed the SFI program to document the
commitment of their members and the program's licensees keep our forests healthy and practice the highest level of sustainable forestry.

The SFI program was adopted by AF&PA in 1994, and as a testament to the association's strong commitment to the goal of sustainable forestry, participation in the SFI program is a condition of membership for AF&PA. Since 1994, AF&PA has asked 17 members to leave the association for failing to meet the SFI Standard.

The SFI Program is overseen by the Sustainable Forestry Board (SFB), an independent 501(c)3 organization, which is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the SFI Standard and verification procedures. The SFB has 15 members, two-thirds of which come from a wide range of non-industry interests, including: environmental/conservation organizations; public officials (state and/or federal agencies); professional/academic groups; logging professional; non-industrial landowners. The remaining five representatives on the SFB consist of AF&PA members

SFI Current Events & News

Tennessee Sustainable Forestry Initiative Committee Receives National Award

SFI Tennessee Committee Participants are:

AbitibiBowater

Fountain Forestry

Georgia-Pacific

Huber Engineered Woods

International Paper

NewPage

Packaging Corporation of America

Smurfit-Stone

Domtar