Help make the harvesting of the world's forests environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable. Buy Forest Stewardship Council certified timber and wood products.

The clear-felling of the forests of the Amazon or Borneo is done to supply wood and wood products for markets such as Australia. We stop buying it, they stop cutting it.

The Forest Stewardship Council is a global certification organisation that allows its label to be used on wood and wood products that have come from forests that are managed in a way that

• maintains the forest's biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes (environmentally appropriate)

• helps both local people and society at large to enjoy long term benefits and also provides strong incentives to local people to sustain the forest resources and adhere to long-term management plans (Socially beneficial)

• are sufficiently profitable, without generating financial profit at the expense of the forest resources, the ecosystem or affected communities (economically viable)

  If consumers demand wood and wood products that have come from forests managed with these guidelines, a growing number of forests will be managed in this way.

  Do it now!

  Buy Forest Sterwardship Council- certified wood and wood products  When you are next looking for wood for your new deck or extension, or even just paper for your printer, demand and purchase wood products that have the Forest Stewardship Council certification on them.

  Support the Forest Stewardship Council - with over 73 million hectares in more than 72 countries certified according to FSC standards, the FSC relys on member, donors and supporters to continue its noble mission. Find out more about the Forest Stewardship Council.
  

  Australian companies that have plantation and natural forests managed under FSC certification…

  • Albany Plantation Forest Company Pty Ltd   (23,509 ha)

  • Hancock Victorian Plantations Pty. Limited   (246,117 ha)

  • Hansol PI Pty Ltd                                      (14,882 ha)

  • Integrated Tree Cropping Limited               (166,536 ha)

  • Rewards Group Limited.                            (2,347 ha)

  • Timbercorp Forestry Pty Ltd.                      (97,000 ha)

                                      Total area for Australia 550,391 ha

   Why this action is important

  Forestry practices can range from clear-felling entire forests, with near total devastation to all living things in the forest, to selective harvesting of trees in a manner that preserves the ecosystem for future harvesting and its natural inhabitants. This action informs you of way to vote with your dollars for a sustainable, equitable and ecologically diverse future for the generations to come.