Forest Products Certification and Sustainability

Links to sites concerned with sustainable forest mangement and certified wood products. Bookmark this page for easy future reference.

Forest Products Certification and Sustainability Links
Appalachian Sustainable Forestry Center - research center based at the University of Kentucky Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition - forest products industry and nonindustry coalition backing forestry certification standards for Canadian forest management Certified Wood Products Market - member of the Sustainable Forestry Community Webring CertiWood Technical Centre - - CertiWood is Canada's most experienced engineered wood products testing and certification agency. Ecoforestry Institute - institute specializing in research and development in sustainable forestry Forest Alliance of British Columbia, Canada - "attempting to achieve both environmental protection and economic stability in the use of British Columbia's resources" Full Cycle Woodworks, Inc. - Manufacturer of hardwood flooring, lumber & paneling Green Mountain Woodworks - in the Northwest providing customers with environmentally responsible solid wood flooring, as well as working with regional small mills to help them develop into this market International Journal of Ecoforestry - forestry journal specializing in forest ecology and wood products certification Mahogany is Murder - information brought to the WWW by Friends of the Earth Menominee Tribal Enterprises - manufacturers of certified wood products Menominee Tribe's Sustainable Development Institute Menominee Tribe's Sustainable Forestry Page Northeast Ecological Sustainable Timber (NEST) - land management company dedicated to marketing forest products only from sustainable harvest (note: the word sustainable is not defined at the WWW site) Rain Forest Action Network - sustainable products (including wood-based) Recycler's World Smartwood - A non-profit organization that promote and implement forest product certification worldwide Sustainable Business.com - A site with a full range of environmental business sectors, from recycling to green building, from renewable energy to organic products, from social investing to certified forestry. Sustainable Forests Directory Timbergreen Forestry - Forest management information for forest owners. United Nations - Task Force on Environmental Labelling Value-Created Review - an on-line journal exploring modern furniture design and sustainable manufacturing in Canada and beyond. The site is maintained by Stephen Harrison.