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it explicit that program participants will work with governments, conservation organizations and others in alliances to stop illegal logging and promote the conservation of biodiversity hotspots and major tropical wilderness areas. These new commitments present major opportunities for partnership between the business and conservation communities."

Today's action by the SFB complements recent provisions approved by the Board to tighten environmental standards on industrial forests, for example, by requiring program participants to minimize road construction and chemical inputs. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative program is a voluntary system of forest management, environmental and conservation practices for wildlife and water quality protection, biodiversity conservation, harvesting practices and a wide range of other conservation goals.

"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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Contact: Jason Anderson
j.anderson@conservation.org
202-912-1464
Conservation International
2-Jul-2002

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