FSC & SFI Campaign

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Don't Buy SFI ad

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Don't Buy SFI ad

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View the SFI ad that ran in the May 20th edition of the NY Times.

SFI = Same old Forest Industry

Destroying Forests, Deceiving Customers

Last updated:

May 19, 2005

Legal Forest Destruction

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Legal Forest Destruction

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"Legal Forest Destruction: The Wide Gap Bewtween Legality and Sustainability" (Report) - This report presents ten case studies from around the world including the Southern United States showing the wide gap between truly sustainable forest management practices and what governments and industry bodies including the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) view as both legal and sustainable.

Last updated:

February 20, 2006

Loopholes in the SFI

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Loopholes in the SFI

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A factsheet exploring the major loopholes and gaps in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Certification Scheme.

Last updated:

9/16/04

Recreation Businesses Sign-on Letter to the SFI

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Recreation Businesses Sign-on Letter to the SFI

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On August 31, 2005, over fifty recreation businesses from across the Southern United States released a letter calling for an overhaul of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). The letter requested fundamental changes to SFI standards in order for it to be considered credible and effective as a certification system for environmentally, socially, and economically well-managed forests.

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August 31, 2005

SFI - Overview

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SFI - Overview

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An Overview of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

Last updated:

9/16/04

SFI Companies

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SFI Companies

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An overview of SFI timber companies and their egregious practices

Last updated:

9/16/04

SFI draft presentation 2

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SFI draft presentation 2

SFI Scientist Sign-On Letter

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SFI Scientist Sign-On Letter

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A letter to the SFI signed by over ninety scientists from across the South calling on the SFI to improve its weak certification standards.

Last updated:

4/11/05

SFI Standards Analysis

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SFI Standards Analysis

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The timber industry’s trade association, the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), created a certification scheme, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). The SFI released its new certification standards at the beginning of 2005.

While the revised SFI standards and procedures include some small improvements many of these changes fail to require concrete on-the-ground outcomes. Ultimately, it will take far more fundamental changes for the SFI to be credible and effective as a certification system for environmentally, socially, and economically well-
managed forests.

This fact sheet provides a brief analysis of the new SFI standards.

Last updated:

February 22, 2005

SFI vs. FSC

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SFI vs. FSC

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A comparison of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification system to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certification system.

Last updated:

9/16/04

Southern Forests Fact Sheet

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Southern Forests Fact Sheet

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A fact sheet discussing the beauty and diversity of Southern forests, detailing the threats associated with the paper industry to our forests, discussing the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and why it harms, not helps Southern Forests.

Last updated:

March 4, 2005