How to Be a Friend of the Southern Forests
Keeping Forests boasts a diverse coalition of landowners, corporations, NGOs, and public institutions that convene to innovate and scale ideas to help us conserve Southern Forests – see how you can play a role.
Small Trees, Big Solutions
While much attention is often given to the harvest of mature, large-diameter trees that drive the timber industry, small-diameter trees also play a vital role in the health and sustainability of these forests. Small-diameter trees, often left behind in favor of their larger counterparts, are integral to the long-term management of working forests.
Atlanta’s Modern Projects Built by Mass Timber
Atlanta’s skyline is evolving, and one of the most promising trends reshaping the city’s architecture is the rise of cross-laminated timber (CLT). This modern construction material is part of a broader shift toward sustainable building practices.
10 Proven Ways to Talk about Working Forests
As part of our Champions and Leaders Strategy, we aim to equip leaders from across multiple sectors with messaging that they can use to bolster their communication efforts while also helping their audiences connect with the role Southern Forests play in issues they already care about.
Our Forest Values
Our Forest Values represent the broad and interwoven benefits created by working Southern Forests including carbon capture, fiber, water, biodiversity & habitat, recreation, forest economies, human health and heritage & culture.
COP27 – How Forests Are a Part of Solution to Climate Change
Nature-based solutions to climate action – and within that, working forests – continue to be a key part of the solution sets being discussed on this global stage. As the world continues to look to the forest for answers, public and private partnerships, like Keeping Forests, will continue to provide measurable conservation value.
2022 Annual Meeting
To everyone who attended Keeping Forests Annual Meeting in Mobile, thank you for making this event a success! Your collaboration, ideas, and resources have energized our efforts for 2023, and we are excited to see what we can accomplish together in the new year.
