Certified Sustainable Forestry Good forestry practices can safeguard the forests ability to regenerate, preserve wildlife and water resources. It can also provide people an economically viable alternative to destructive practices such as large-scale clear cutting, uncontrolled slash-and-burn agriculture and cattle ranching. Major environmental groups (including Natural Resources Defense Council, World Wildlife Fund, The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace, National Wildlife Federation, Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club) support forest management certification according to the rigorous rules and procedures of the Forest Stewardship Council. Certifiers also provide "chain-of-custody" auditing that enables buyers to confidently identify wood products that originate in well managed certified forests. Consumers can thereby use their purchasing power to influence and reward improvements in forest management
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