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This international group oversees other expert organizations that certify well-managed forests and their wood products. FSC-approved inspectors (in the U.S. they would be from the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood group or Scientific Certification Systems) check to see whether a landowner harvests wood in a way that does not harm animal habitats, streams, indigenous peoples or the local economy. Moreover, logging must be limited to a pace that allows a forest to replenish itself over the years--a practice called sustainable forestry. Since being formed in 1993, the Mexico-based FSC has certified 25 million acres of forest worldwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forests: GOOD WOOD: Timber With A Green Pedigree | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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