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- Good Wood: How Forest Certification Helps the Environment
FAQ - Forest certification is a seal of approval for wood and paper products, allowing consumers to use their buying power for good.
- A Shopper's Guide to Home Tissue Products
Shop smart. Save forests.
Guide - Help save forests by choosing environmentally preferable alternatives.
- Rule Protecting National Forest Wildlands Is Vindicated in Court
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule preserves America's unspoiled wilderness, but it's under assault
News - In December 2002, a federal appeals court lifted a stay on the implementation of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a landmark forest-conservation measure that the timber industry and its allies have fought tooth and nail. Will the Bush administration enforce it, or undermine it?
- Know the Forest and the Trees: A Consumer's Guide to Buying Wood
Overview - Whether you are building a deck or just buying a nightstand, your purchase can have an impact on forests and people thousands of miles away. Your money could support a sustainable community initiative on the rainforest's edge--or it could contribute to continued impoverishment of families in Latin America or deforestation in Southeast Asia.
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