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Fortunately, the impacts of commercial forestry can be
greatly reduced if logging is conducted using sustainable
forestry practices. Sustainable forestry is a system of
managing both the commercial and environmental benefits
of forests while maintaining economic, societal, and envi-
ronmental values. By choosing paper and timber products
from sustainably managed forests, graphic designers can
support the environmental and social systems that are
found in healthy forests while ensuring that the wood fiber
found in the paper products that they use does not come
from illegally or improperly harvested land.
Chain of custody
refers to
a system of reporting and
assessment that is used to
verify that a product has
been properly handled and
produced from its origins
to the consumer. In addi-
tion to markings or labels
that may be put onto a
product, the certifying body
can provide documentation
that a product or service
has been tracked (in the
case of paper from sustain-
ably managed forests) and
meets the requirements
that the organization or
certifying body stipulates.
Look for wood products and paper with the FSC logo on it. These boards and Domtar
paper were FSC certified by Rainforest Alliance, (an FSC certifying partner organization).
The most respected and widely recognized interna-
tional certification body for wood products is the Forest
Stewardship Council. The FSC uses accredited third-party
certifiers to assess the environmental performance of
manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and printers against
the FSC's performance standards. Using a chain-of-custody
system, FSC bases its assessment on ten principles and
criteria for forest management that were developed collab-
oratively by foresters, forestry companies, consumer and
retail companies, environmental and social organizations,
and community forestry groups.
FSC works with partners around the world to ensure that
forest ecosystems remain intact even after an area is
logged. It does not certify large-scale logging practices
such as clear cutting.
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