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NatureServe Works with Sustainable Forestry Initiative The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), the forest certification standard that is followed by most major timber companies, has incorporated NatureServe standards and data into its certification procedures as a means to identify forests of exceptional conservation value and strengthen biodiversity protection. Companies seeking SFI certification must identify and protect on their lands all species and ecological communities assessed as imperiled or critically imperiled by NatureServe and its natural heritage member programs. The new SFI standards, adopted as of July 1, 2002, affect the management of 77 million acres of forest lands in the United States and Canada. NatureServe is also reaching out to a wide array of stakeholders involved with forest certification—including other forest certification regimes, environmental organizations, and major retail chains. As a leading source of data on rare and endangered species and sensitive ecosystems, we are committed to making our information broadly available to ensure that biodiversity is a major consideration throughout the certification process.
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