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Our Forest Values
Southern Forests and You.
and You.
Our mission is to catalyze market-based forest conservation efforts that sustain Southern Forests, their full range of values, and the livelihoods of the private landowners who steward them.
Keeping Forests is a diverse coalition of scientists, forest advocates, conservation experts, and business leaders conserving actively managed Southern Forests.
Urbanization and land use change data shows that 23 million acres of Southern Forests are facing immense pressure for development. By 2060, we could lose enough forests to fill 19 Grand Canyons.
We’re working together to create the conditions that will ensure a future for the 245 milion acres of forests across a 13-state geography in the U.S. South.
We identify the market gaps and barriers for working forest landowners, tackling the tough challenges that none of our partners could take on alone. We test and scale the solutions with the greatest potential to create systems-level change.
Strategies
We promote and expand markets for timber and non-timber southern forest products that deliver benefits for climate, nature, and people.
We catalyze opportunities to compensate southern forest landowners for sustaining the health of the ecosystem and the services that it provides.
We activate a network of influential leaders with diverse audiences to champion southern working forests and the crucial role they play in all of our lives.
Partnership isn’t just the heart of who we are, it is our greatest asset to address the cross-cutting challenges facing Southern Forests.
We need leaders from across business, government, nonprofit, academia and the conservation community to create lasting change.
Join us.
EJ Williams and the American Bird Conservancy
Alton Perry of Roanoke Cooperative
Southern Group of State Foresters
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