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U.S. Forest Industry Raises Conservation Standards
WASHINGTON, DC, July 2, 2026 - North American timber companies have adopted expanded protection goals for forests with exceptionally high conservation values. The Sustainable Forestry Board today announced stronger provisions for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard, which will be applied to more than 60 million acres in the United States and Canada.
The new standards will help identify and protect endangered and threatened species and sites on industry managed lands in North America, combat illegal logging internationally, and promote natural forest conservation in the biodiversity hotspots and major wilderness areas.
The American Forest & Paper Association, the largest U.S. timber industry trade association whose members include manufacturers of over 80 percent of the paper, wood and forest products produced in the United States, will require all its members to apply the standard to their certified operations.
"This is an historic change to the SFI Standard," said W. Henson Moore, president and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association. "Under these new provisions, our members are making a major commitment to use good science to meet conservation objectives."
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