Here are some web sites with information concerning sustainable forests.
www.sustreport.org
The Sustainability Report
This site is associated to York University Center for Applied Sustainability and provides independent sustainability information and applied sustainability research.
www.sdgateway.net
Sustainable Development (SD) Gateway
This web site provides in depth history of Sustainable development, background documents and information on managing sustainable development.
http://sfp.cas.psu.edu/publications.htm
Sustainable Forestry Partnership
As its home page is titled: Documents and promotes innovation unsustainable forestry and integrates this innovation broadly into both policy and practice.
www.ecoforestry.ca
Ecoforestry Institute
This site provides alternative information regarding “Ecoforestry” that is a long-term ecologically sustainable and economically sound alternative to current conventional forest management.
www.wpma.org (/inq/sustainable.html)
Wood Products Manufacturers Association
There is a relevant article regarding Sustainable Forestry and Certification. This article discusses the affects that forestry certification will have on your business.
www.athenasmi.ca/index.html
The ATHENATM Sustainable Materials Institute.
This is a nonprofit group founded by Forintek and is finding answers to critical questions about the environmental impact of buildings and building products.
www.forintek.ca
Forintek Canada Corp. ( Forest industry technology)
This is Canada's national wood products research institute supported both by the federal government and industry. Forintek promotes the forestry industry in optimizing manufacturing processes, extracting higher value products from the available resource.
www.weldwood.com/wwinet/internet/weldwood.nsf/mainForestry?openframeset
Weldwood of Canada
Weldwood is one of Canada’s most profitable forestry companies as well as being an Industry leader in environmental issues and sustainable forestry. Article referred to is the 1999 Environmental Progress Review (EPR)…Looking Back, Moving Forward.
www.globalff.org/Library/Case_Studies/cat-dema.htm
Global Futures
This is an environmental consulting business with the modo Solutions for business, Inspired by Nature. This page lists several of case studies of companies that have had success stories with dematerialization initiatives both on cost savings and environmental impact.
http://dfe-sce.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/home_e.html
National Research Council
This web site demonstrates the NRC’s Design for Environment (DfE) which is the systematic integration of environmental considerations into product and process design.