The Wood User's Guide to Green Building - California Redwood ...
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Materials Origin and Impact — How <strong>Wood</strong> Rates390 Million Acres of Certified Forest in North AmericaCertification:American Tree Farm System<strong>The</strong> Forest Stewardship CouncilSustainable Forestry InitiativeCanadian Standards AssociationOf the more than 390 million acresof certified forest in North America,the Canadian Standards Associationcertifies nearly 180 million acres.<strong>The</strong> Sustainable Forestry Initiativecovers 132 million acres. <strong>The</strong> ForestStewardship Council certifies 57million and the American TreeFarm System 24 million.<strong>The</strong> websites for the ForestStewardship Council and theSustainable Forestry Initiativeboth detail their requirements forcertification. See www.fscus.organd www.sfiprogram.org.Generally, third-party certificationis awarded <strong>to</strong> private timberowners who employ the bestpractices of sustainability. <strong>The</strong>reare requirements relating <strong>to</strong> thelicensing and training of forestmanagers, rules on harvestingpractices, protections for soil, airand water quality, and more.Interestingly, a 2003 study by<strong>California</strong> Polytechnic Universityin San Luis Obispo found thatthe rules <strong>California</strong> imposeson forestland owners are, inmost cases, as strict or stricterthan those set by the Forest807060504030201001st Qtr10%8%6%4%2%0%<strong>The</strong> O Bel Sole! development by Jennie Stabile & Al Stabile/K Street East LLC in Lancaster,<strong>California</strong> features 41 green homes.28
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