Forests Associations/Organizations-  International:
www.forestethics.org
 Forest Ethics is a nonprofit campaigning to raise awareness
about endangered forests.
www.fsc.org
 Forest Stewardship Council is an international organization
that brings people together to find solutions which promote
responsible stewardship of the world’s forests.
www.iied.org
 International Institute for Environment and Development.
Forest and Land Use Page.  Good listing of Reports.
www.iisd.ca
 International Institute for Sustainable Development.  Forest
and Desertification Meetings covered by ENB and by IISD
Reporting Services.
www.conservation.org
 Conservation International is a great advocate in protecting
and restoring our forests. Numerous current projects.
ewww.fao.org
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO)- see the Forest and climate change programme.
www.rightsandresources.org
 Rights and Resources Initiative aims to advance a pro-poor
transformation of the forestry sector, deepening reform and
unleashing smallholder and community capacity.  RRI advocates:  
Reducing by half the proportion of people living in extreme
poverty in forest areas of the world; and Doubling the area of
global forests under local ownership and administration with
secure rights to use and trade products and services.
wfi.worldforestrycenter.org
 World Forest Institute: A Program of the World Forestry
Center, a non profit. Supported by a broad network of global
contacts in forestry, WFI provides valuable services designed
to meet the diverse needs of manufacturers, consultants,
researchers, brokers, government agencies, and others.
The primary program of WFI is the International Fellowship
Program. Portland, Oregon.
forests.org
 Forest Protection Portal. Ecological Science Based Forest
Preservation & Conservation Advocacy. Many links listed.
www.treesftf.org
 Trees for the Future has been helping communities around the
world plant trees through seed distribution, agroforestry
training, and our country programs.
www.rightsand
resources.org
 Rights and Resources Initiative, non profit, is a global coalition
working to advance forest tenure, policy and market reforms,
primarily in developing countries. Our mission is to promote
pro-poor reforms that will increase household and community
ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees.
www.isa-arbor.com
 International Society of Arboriculture is a worldwide
professional organization dedicated to fostering a greater
appreciation for trees and to promoting research, technology,
and the professional practice of arboriculture.
www.globalforest
science.org
 Global Forest promotes conservation and supports 140
scientists involved in 69 projects in 8 countries.
   
Forests cover 30% of the world’s land area.
   
Forest Associations/Orgs-  U.S.:
www.arborday.org
 Arbor Day Foundation inspires people to plant, nurture, and
celebrate trees.
www.nationaltreetrust.org
 Arbor Day Foundation's program portal.
www.wilderness.org
 Wilderness Society protects wilderness and seeks to inspire
Americans to care for our wild places through scientific
expertise, analysis and bold advocacy at the highest levels to
save, protect and restore America's wilderness areas since
1935.
www.ourforests.org
 Heritage Forests Campaign is an alliance of conservationists,
wildlife advocates, clergy, educators, scientists, and other
Americans working together to uphold protection of our
National Forests.
www.affoundation.org
 American Forest Foundation, a nonprofit education and
conservation organization working for healthy forests.
Sponsers the programs; American Tree Farm System, Forests
for Watersheds and WildlifeTM  (a national habitat
conservation program that works to conserve and create crtical
wildlife habitat for imperiled species) and Project Learning
Tree.
www.americanlands.org
 American Lands Alliance's mission is to protect and restore
America's forest ecosystems by providing national leadership,
coordination and capacity building for the forest conservation
movement.
www.forestcouncil.org
 Native Forest Council is dedicated to the preservation and
protection of all publicly owned natural resources from
destructive practices, sales, and all resource extraction. 84% of
funds used to educate the public about deforestaion concerns.
www.ourforests.org
 Heritage Forests Campaign is an alliance of conservationists,
wildlife advocates, clergy, educators, scientists, and other
Americans working together to uphold protection of our
National Forests.
www.americanforests.org
 American Forests provides action opportunities to targeted
audiences to enable them to improve their environment with
trees. We do this by using the best science to identify
conservation issues, then develop and market practical solutions
that individuals and groups can apply. ***
www.forests.org
 Forest Protection Portal.  Ecological Science Based Forest
Preservation & Conservation Advocacy which provides Vast
Forest Protection News, Information Retrieval Tools and
Original Analysis.
www.forestinfo.org
 Temperate Forest Foundation. Discover North American
forests through:  Information about forestry issues,
Facts on forests, paper, wildlife, recycling, wood, etc...
Forestry Links organized by topic, Careers in the Forest
Products Industry, etc.
www.sfiprogram.org
 Sustainable Forestry Initiative is a fully independent,
charitable organization whose forest certification standard is
based on principles that promote sustainable forest
management, including measures to protect water quality,
biodiversity, wildlife habitat, species at risk, and forests with
exceptional conservation value.
   
   
"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a
loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald
before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."
Henry David Thoreau
   
   
Grasslands:
www.grasslandfoundation.org
 Grassland's Foundation's mission is to  create a system of
protected grassland natural areas based on principles of
conservation biology; to integrate grassland biodiversity
protection and planning into local, state, and federal public
policy; and to increase the amount of public and private funding
to create and manage protected grassland natural areas.
www.nrcs.usda.gov
 USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service- Grassland
Reserve Program is a voluntary program offering landowners the
opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on
their property.
   
Native Plantings:
www.for-wild.org
 Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes
environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve
biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and
establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a
not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy
organization.  See their extensive links page.
   
   
News:
www.iisd.ca
 International Institute for Sustainable Development –
Reporting Services Division – provides a variety of multimedia
informational resources for environment and sustainable
development policymakers, including daily coverage of
international negotiations, analyses and photos. Forest,
Desertification and Land Issues.
www.wn.com
 Forestry News.  World News Network.  Links to forestry news
of the day.
forests.org
 Forest Protection Portal. Up to date forestry news.
www.forestcarbonportal.com
 Forest Carbon Portal News.
www.climateactionprogramme.org
 Forest Carbon Fund. World Bank names countries for forest
carbon fund. July 30, 2008. Via Reuters.
www.iucn.org
 International Union for Conservation of Nature's
Forest News.
www.sciencedaily.com
 ScienceDaily- top science news stories from the world's leading
universities and research organizations. Tree news.
   
Today the rainforests cover six percent of the earth’s surface. Three
hundred years ago they covered eleven percent.
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Reports:
www.ncseonline.org
 National Council for Science and the Environment, CRS
Report-  "Carbon Sequestration in Forests" 29-Mar-2007.
PDF.
www.ncseonline.org
 National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry
"Considerations in the Selection and Use of Indicators for
Sustaining Forests" reflects the lessons learned from
participants at a “Thinktank” workshop.  The report discusses
the importance of 8 guidelines to help select indicators for
sustainable forestry across the nation. Aug 2007. PDF.
www.ncseonline.org
 National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry  
"Conserving Biodiversity Through Sustainable Forestry: A
Guide To Applying NCSSF Research" Sept 2007. PDF.
www.iied.org
 International Institute for Environment and Development.
Forest and Land Use Page.  Good listing of Reports.
www.etfrn.org
 European Tropical Forest Research Network
"Financing Sustainable Forest Management"
www.defenders.org
 National Forest Restoration Collaborative "The Implications
of Climate Change for Conservation, Restoration, and
Management of National Forest Lands" is based on a review of
key scientific literature on climate change and forests, in
particular those aspects that appear to have the most
relevance for management and policy related to national
forests in the United States.
www.carbonpositive.net
 Forestry Carbon Standards 2008.
A study of four leading forestry project standards from the
voluntary carbon market, published by Carbon Positive.
www.consbio.org
 Conservation Biology Institute.  Forest Conservation projects
and reports.
www.sciencemag.org
 "Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the
Western United States" Science 23 January 2009: Vol. 323.
no. 5913, pp. 521 - 524.
epress.anu.edu.au
 "Green Carbon:The Role of Natural Forests in Carbon
Storage" Australian National University, 2008. PDF.
www.unep.org
 "Carbon, Forests and People: Towards the integrated
management of carbon sequestration, the environment and
sustainable livelihoods" United Nations Environment
Programme, 2002. PDF.
www.wri.org
 "Trees in the Greenhouse: Why Climate Change is
Transforming the Forest Products Business" While there are
risks for the forest products industry, it largely stands to
gain from efforts to address global warming due to new
opportunities for sustainable forestry. World Resources
Institute, June, 2008.
www.defenders.org
 "Implications of Climate Change for Conservation,
Restoration and Management of National Forest Lands"
September 2008. This paper summarizes key scientific
literature on climate change and forests, focusing on policy
and management options for the future. Published by  
Defenders of Wildlife and the National Forest Restoration
Collaborative.
www.wbcsd.org
 Sustainable Forest Products Industry, Carbon and Climate
Change – Key Messages for Policy-Makers (2007 Update)
This publication calls for public policies that make the best
use of the forestry sector’s carbon profile and carbon cycle.
It proposes six key points that those responsible for devising
forestry and carbon policies need to know, and it highlights
the carbon opportunities and challenges facing the sector.  
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Sept
2007.
www.iufro.org
 "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change – A
Global Assessment Report". International Union of Forest
Research Organizations- UN. The report is the first product
of the Global Forest Expert Panels of the Collaborative
Partnership on Forests (CPF) and presents the state-of-
knowledge about the impacts of climate change on forests and
people and options for adaptation. Study Warns that Forests
are at Risk of Becoming Net Sources of Carbon Instead of
Net Sinks. April 2009.
   
   
The human footprint touches upon 83 percent of Earth’s land surface.
Columbia U and WCS
   
   
Research:
www.fs.fed.us
 USDA's Forest Service Research and Development. US
Forest Service Climate Change Research Portal. Research on
climate change impacts; the adaptation actions needed to
increase resilience of forests and ranges to the impacts; the
potential of forests to mitigate atmospheric greenhouse gas,
etc...
www.fs.fed.us
 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service
research and development (R&D) works at the forefront of
science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests
and grasslands.
ncseonline.org
 National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry,
part of National Council for Science and the Environment.
Lists four major Research Program Areas.
research.yale.edu
 Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry's mission is to
integrate, strengthen and direct the School's forestry
research, education and outreach to address the challenges of
sustaining forests in the 21st century and a globalized world.
At the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
www.fs.fed.us
 U.S Forest Service Research & Development- 'arm of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Forest Service
works at the forefront of science to improve the health and
use of our Nation's forests and grasslands.'
www.cifor.cgiar.org
 CIFOR- Center for International Forestry Research-advances
human well-being, environmental conservation, and equity by
conducting research to inform policies and practices that
affect forests in developing countries..
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
 Harvard Forest, one of the oldest and most intensively
studied forests in North America. Research and Education in
Ecology, Conservation and Forest Biology- scientists, students,
and collaborators at the Forest explore topics ranging from
conservation and environmental change to land-use history and
the ways in which physical, biological and human systems
interact to change our earth.
www.ctfs.si.edu
 Center for Tropical Forest Science is a global network of
forest research plots committed to the study of tropical and
temperate forest function and diversity. Smithsonian
Institution. See Rainforest page for more...
   
"Half the world's tropical and temperate forests are now gone."
Gus Speth www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/21/network
   
   
Tree Id-ing:
www.domtar.com
 Tree World. Trees in North America. Photos, descriptions.
   
   
Urban Forest:
www.americanforests.org
 American Forests advocates that every city set a tree canopy
goal as an important step in ensuring that valuable green
infrastructure is maintained at minimum thresholds. Good
resources, tools.
www.treelink.org
 TreeLink's mission is to raise awareness and support for
healthy urban forests. Information, research, and networking
for people working in urban and community forestry.
www.fs.fed.us
 Urban Forest Research Unit of the USDA Forest Service,
Northeastern Research Station in Syracuse, NY, investigates
the effects of urban forests and their management on human
health and environmental quality.
www.pps.org
 Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping people create and sustain public places
that build communities.
   
   
Videos:
www.ted.com
 Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living
beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific
Northwest. Growing from a tiny seed, they support vast
ecosystems -- and are still, largely, a mystery.
www.ted.com
 Willie Smits, biologist, has found a way to re-grow clearcut
rainforest in Borneo, saving local orangutans -- and creating a
thrilling blueprint for restoring fragile ecosystems. ***
www.ted.com
 Nalini Nadkarni canopy researcher extraordinaire, explores
the canopy worlds, and shares her findings with the world
through dance, art and bold partnerships with rap artists,
barbie dolls and prisoners. Feb 2009.
   
Worldwide we drink 400 Billion cups of coffee a year.
Advocacy:
www.forests.org
 Forest Protection Portal.  Ecological Science Based Forest
Preservation & Conservation Advocacy which provides Forest
Protection News, Information Retrieval Tools and Original
Analysis.
www.wrm.org.uy
 World Rainforest Movement is an international network of
citizens' groups of North and South involved in efforts to
defend the world's rainforests. Some of their programs
include- Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations, Stop
GE Trees and the Carbon Sinks Watch.
archive.greenpeace.org
 Greenpeace's virtual forest house explains which of your
household products might be made of ancient wood, and
instructs which woods to avoid.
ran.org/campaigns
 Rainforest Action Network (RAN) runs hard-hitting
campaigns to break America's oil addiction, reduce our
reliance on coal, protect endangered forests and Indigenous
rights, and stop destructive investments through education,
grassroots organizing and nonviolent direct action."
www.savebiogems.org
 NRDC's BioGems Defenders.  Each year, NRDC specially
selects wild places across the Americas that face an imminent
threat of destruction: pristine coastlines; ancient forests; and
unspoiled wildlife habitats to focus on and protect.
www.treesforlife.org
 Trees for Life International emphasis is on creating
awareness, training people to plant and take care of trees and
providing them with the resources needed to accomplish their
tasks. Each recipient makes a pledge to help at least two
others in the same manner in which they had been helped.
Their Moringa leaf project is very interesting and important !
   
   
The rate of deforestation in the tropics is about an acre a second.
Gus Speth www.thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com/excerpt-introduction/
   
   
Agro-Forestry/Managed Forests:
www.tropicalforesttrust.com
 Tropical Forest Trust conserves endangered tropical forests
by working with forest managers, indigenous communities and
other stakeholders. Provides expert advice and guidance at
ground level supporting the implementation of sustainable
forest management.
www.aftaweb.org
 Association for Temperate Agroforestry, University of
Missouri, Columbia, MO. Agroforestry policy briefs, news,
education, events. Publishes a monthly newsletter.
www.worldagroforestry.org
 World Agroforestry Centre’s vision is a rural transformation
in the developing world where smallholder households massively
increase their use of trees in agricultural landscapes to
improve their food security, nutrition, income, health, shelter,
energy resources and environmental sustainability.  Int'l.
www.globalforestwatch.org
 Global Forest Watch. An independent network of
organizations that monitor logging, mining, road-building and
other forest development around the world- an initiative of
the World Resources Institute.
   
   
Wildfires burned 1.9 million acres in Idaho in 2007.
http://www.idahofireplan.org/images/July%20Press.pdf
   
   
Boreal Forest Organizations:
www.interboreal.org
 International Boreal Conservation Campaign, an arm of Pew
Charitable Trusts is dedicated to education and advocacy on
behalf of the world's boreal forests.
nsidc.org/noaa
 National Snow and Ice Data Center's Greenness (the
density and vigor of green vegetation growth) Page.
www.taigarescue.org
 Boreal Forest Network is the North American Affiliate of
the Taiga Rescue Network. Aims to protect primary intact
boreal forests, and the protection and maintance of
traditional cultural values and rights of Indigenous Peoples
and Nations living in the Boreal Forest of North America.
borealinfo.org
 Boreal Information Center of the Conservation Biology
Institute and Global Forest Watch Canada. Data for
conservation assessments in the boreal and taiga ecozones of
Canada.
www.savebiogems.org
 NRDC's BioGems Defenders have joined other environmental
activists and indigenous communities in an urgent campaign to
save Canada's Boreal Forest.
   
   
One third of the world's remaining rainforests are in Brazil.
   
   
Botany:
www.nps.gov
 Plant Conservation Alliance, Bureau of Land Management. is a
consortium of ten federal government Member agencies and
over 225 non-federal Cooperators representing various
disciplines within the conservation field. PCA Members and
Cooperators work collectively to solve the problems of native
plant extinction and native habitat restoration, ensuring the
preservation of our ecosystem.
www.ethnobiology.org
 Society of Ethnobiology, a non profit, covering ethnobotany,
ethnozoology, linguistics, paleoethnobotany, zooarchaeology,
ethnoecology, and other related areas in anthropology and
biology. Publishes news and The Journal of Ethnobiology.
   
Bats comprise one quarter to one half of all mammal species in rain forests.
   
Data:
www.fia.fs.fed.us
 Forest Inventory and Analysis Program of the U.S. Forest
Service reports on status and trends in forest area and
location; in the species, size, and health of trees; in total tree
growth, mortality, and removals by harvest; in wood
production and utilization rates by various products; and in
forest land ownership. The enhanced FIA program will include
information relating to tree crown condition, lichen community
composition, soils, ozone indicator plants, complete vegetative
diversity, and coarse woody debris. ***
www.americanforests.org
 American Forest's National Register of Big Trees.
Database of the U.S.'s biggest trees. ***
nsidc.org
 National Snow and Ice Data Center's Greenness
(density and vigor of green vegetation growth) page.
www.unece.org
 UNECE/FAO Timber Section Electronic Tables for Forest
Products Statistics, 2003-2007 (provisional) Data include
removals, production of sawn wood, panels, pulp and paper for
over 60 items and trade in both value and volume for these
items. Data cover the last five years and are provided for the
UNECE region of Europe, the CIS and North America.
www.metafore.org
 Forest Certification Resource Center database of more than
1,100 certified forests throughout the world, and more than
8,000 certified locations supplying wood and paper products.
Buyers can make more informed purchasing decisions by
searching for companies based on location, certification
system, company type or other specific product information.
www.fs.fed.us
 Climate Change Atlas for 80 Forest Tree Species of the
Eastern United States. A project of the USDA Forest
Service, Northeastern Research Station. Distribution
Maps/Tables, Ecological, Soil, Elevation and Climate
Attributes.
www.forestencyclopedia.net
 Forest Encyclopedia Network consists of a growing number
of encyclopedias covering different fields of forest science.
***
canopy.evergreen.edu
 Big Canopy Database combines efforts of forest canopy
researchers with database and computer scientists to produce
effective tools to manage, analyze, and disseminate shared
data pertaining to complex ecological questions requiring
multiple disciplines and a wide range of spatial scales.
iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu
 North American Drought Atlas is a history of Meteorological
Drought Reconstructed from 835 Tree-Ring Chronologies.
Columbia University.
www.fs.fed.us
 A Climate Change Atlas for 80 Forest Tree Species of the
Eastern United States- distribution maps and tables for
different climate change scenarios, life-history and
disturbance attributes, ecological attributes, and more. A
project of the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research
Station.
   
   
"Experts estimate that by 2030 some 10 million acres (4 million hectares)—roughly the size of New
Hampshire and Vermont combined—of mainly natural hardwood and natural pine forests will be chopped
down to make way for (monoculture) pine plantations in just three states in the southern U.S.
(Sohngen and Brown 2004)."
www.greenpressinitiative.org/documents/StateOfPaperInd.pdf
   
   
Education:                          link to Forest Education page...
   
   
"The burning and clearing of forests contributes approximately 20%
of the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global climate change.
That's more than all of the world's cars, trucks, SUVs, and trains emit."
www.conservation.org/learn/forests/Pages/projects.aspx
   
   
Fire Management Page...
   
   
A vibrant hectare of forest will absorb two to three tonnes of carbon a year.      
Fellows, A. & Goulden, M. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi:10.1029/2008GL033965 (2008).
'Ecuador has proposed that wealthy countries contribute $350 million a year into a trust in exchange
for not extracting an estimated 1 billion barrels of oil in the untouched Yasuni rain forest.'
www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/23/ecuador.oil/index.html
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Paper Buying Guides:
www.nrdc.org
 NRDC's A Shopper's Guide to Home Tissue Products.  ***
assets.panda.org
 WWF Guide to buying Paper, provides useful insights and
practical tips on what can be done to minimize the negative
environmental and social impacts of paper production. PDF.
   
   
Paper Industry:
www.greenpressinitiative.org
 Green Press Initiative, a non-profit, works with book and
newspaper industry stakeholders to conserve natural
resources, preserve endangered forests, reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, and minimize impacts on indigenous communities.
www.arc.ab.ca
 Paper made from Wheat Straw-being produced in Canada.
The Wheat Sheet is the result of a partnership between
Markets Initiative, Canadian Geographic magazine, the
Alberta Research Council, NewPage and Dollco Printing. PDF.
   
   
If every U.S. household bought just one toilet roll made from 100% post-consumer fiber
we would save 375,000 trees.
cbc.amnh.org/living/Buy/index.html
   
   
Paper Orgs:
www.environmentalpaper.org
 Environmental Paper Network—a resource for purchasers,
environmental organizations, industry, and individuals. A
diverse group of environmental organizations has joined
together to support socially and environmentally sustainable
transformations within the pulp and paper industry. Asheville,
NC.
panda.org
 World Wildlife Fund's Paper page with links to guides for
paper producers as well as commercial and individual paper
buyers. Paper news as well.
www.conservatree.org
 Conservatree is a project of Social and Environmental
Entrepreneurs. Expert advice and leadership on paper choices.
Information on environmental papers. Based in San Fran.
www.shrinkpaper.org
 Shrink Paper.  Pledge to use less paper. Since the 1960s,
world consumption of paper has quadrupled and use of
printing paper has increased six-fold. A European org.
   
   
Over half of processed paper is used for packaging.
   
   
Paper Reports:
panda.org
 World Wildlife Fund.  Reports on Paper.
donotmail.org
 Forest Ethics.  'Climate Change Enclosed: Junk Mail’s Impact
on Global Warming' PDF.  ***
www.greenpressinitiative.org
 Environmental Paper Network. "The State of the Paper
Industry Monitoring the Indicators of Environmental
Performance" 2007. Lots of info-graphs. PDF.  ***
   
   
Paper Videos:
www.wrm.org.uy
 World Rainforest Movement Video on paper consumption.
***
www.secret-life.org
 The Secret Life of Paper, an informative 5 minute film
about the environmental impacts of paper production and
consumption.
   
   
Forty-three different species of ants have been found on one tree in Peru.
   
   
Peat:
peatsociety.fi
 International Peat Society is an international,
non-governmental and non-profit organization with approx.
1,300 members from 38 countries dedicated to fostering the
advancement, exchange and communication of scientific,
technical and social knowledge and understanding for the
wise use of peatlands and peat.