Sustainable Forestry Initiative
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative is a program to certify forests to insure they are being managed in a sustainable manner.
SFI was started in 1994 by members of the American Forest and Paper Association. As of January 1, 2007, the SFI program became fully independent, being governed by an independent board of directors that includes nonprofit environmental groups and forest products companies.
SFI relies upon independent, third-party audits and claims 126 million acres (510,000 km²) of land are certified as of January 2007. In 2005, the SFI Standard was endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).
ources
* [http://www.sfiprogram.org/ The Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc. North America’s Largest Forest Certification Program.]
External links
* [http://ecolabelling.org/ecolabel/sfi-sustainable-forestry-initiative/ Sustainable Forestry Initiative entry at ecolabelling.org]
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