Staples working to protect the forests

Staples and Dogwood Alliance are teaming up with other conservation groups, wood products companies and landowners to announce a new project that will protect forests, combat climate change and help develop sources of paper and wood products certified to the high standards of the Forest Stewardship Council, FSC.

The Carbon Canopy is focused on forests in the Southern U.S., the largest paper and wood-producing region in the world where 90% of the forests are privately owned. The Carbon Canopy’s goal is to create financial incentives for landowners to increase forest conservation and restoration efforts and to certify management practices to the high standards of FSC.

Carbon Canopy partners include: Staples, Dogwood Alliance, Columbia Forest Products, Pacific Forest Trust, FSC US, Rainforest Alliance, Green Press Initiative, Domtar, The Home Depot, Environmental Defense, Interface, The Forestland Group and The Keystone Center.