SFI Factsheets, Reports, and Other Resources
Brochures
- “This is the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.” Brochure providing an overview of concerns with the SFI. Fall, 2005.
Factsheets
- “Loopholes in the SFI.” Factsheet summarizing gaps and other problems with the SFI’s standards and policies. October, 2006.
- “SFI Lacks Elements of Credible Certification.” October, 2006. Factsheet highlighting where the SFI fails to include important elements of the FSC.
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies. Also available with references.
- “Why the PEFC, SFI, and CSA Are Not Credible Forest Certification Systems.” World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and Fifty-Eight Other Conservation Groups, May 21, 2001.
Reports and Articles
- “Analysis: SFI Label, Chain of Custody, and Procurement Policies.” November, 2006.
- “Update on the AF&PA Sustainable Forestry Initiative: Analysis of Changes to the SFI Standards and Procedures.” Provides an update to American Lands’ comprehensive November, 2003, report on the SFI. American Lands Alliance, April, 2005.
- “Footprints in the Forest: Current Practice and Future Challenges in Forest Certification.” A comprehensive comparison of the FSC, SFI, CSA, and other internationally prominent certification systems. Press release also available. FERN, February, 2004.
- “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative.” A detailed, comprehensive analysis of the SFI’s standards, policies, and origins. American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
- “The Timber Industry’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative: Inadequate to Ensure the Long-Term Sustainability of the South’s Forests.” Dogwood Alliance, 2002.
SFI Certified Companies’ Destructive Practices
Logging Old Growth Forests
- “Weyerhaeuser Dispute Highlights Sustainability Certification Troubles.” Inside Green Business, 5/3/2006.
- “Green Ribbons Tied on Old Trees Boise Cascade Plans to Cut.” Environmental News Service, 9/14/2005.
- “Endangered Habitat on the Chopping Block,” action alert, Environmental Protection Information Center, June, 2005, www.wildcalifornia.org
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies, with references.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
- “On the Ground, Forest Certification: Green Stamp of Approval or Rubber Stamp of Destruction?” Commissioned by ForestEthics, Greenpeace, and Sierra Club Canada, 2003.
- “Bringing Down the Boreal.” See the case study on Weldwood/IP. ForestEthics, August, 2004.
- “Temperate Rainforest and Clayoquot Sound Fact Sheet,” Friends of Clayoquot Sound, July, 2003.
Logging de facto Wilderness Areas
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies, with references.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Harming Imperiled Fish, Wildlife, and Plants
- “Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief….” Lawsuit filed to stop Weyerhaeuser’s logging of threatened spotted owl habitat in Washington. Washington Forest Law Center, November, 2006.
- “Fifty Years Down the Road: Shirking Responsibility and Growing Risk, A West Fraser Timber Co. Annual Environmental Report,” ForestEthics, April, 2006.
- “West Fraser: Lumbering to Extinction,” factsheet, Alberta Foothills Network.
- “Landowners Fight Lynx Habitat Designation,” Portland Press Herald, September, 2006.
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies, with references.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
- “Bringing Down the Boreal.” See the case study on Weldwood/IP. ForestEthics, August, 2004.
- “…Greenwashing Extended to Companies Logging Endangered Species Habitats,” Press Release. American Lands Alliance, 11/29/1999.
Water Quality Impacts
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
- “On the Ground, Forest Certification: Green Stamp of Approval or Rubber Stamp of Destruction?” Commissioned by ForestEthics, Greenpeace, and Sierra Club Canada, 2003.
- “A Landscape-Level Geographic Information System (GIS) Analysis of Streamside Management Zones on the Cumberland Plateau.” Found that one-quarter of stream buffer zones on the Tennessee Cumberland Plateau failed to comply with BMP requirements. Lemoine, D., J. Evans, & C. Smith, Journal of Forestry, April/May 2006.
- “Effects of Wood Chip Mills on North Carolina’s Aquatic Communities.” Cites studies showing that found BMPs inadequate to protect water resources. Schaberg, R, Working Paper No. 11, for Economic and Ecological Impacts Associated with Wood Chip Production in North Carolina, Duke University, July 12, 2002.
Illegal Logging
- "Investigation Exposes Plum Creek Timber Violations: Largest Fine for
Logging Law Violations in Main History..." Press Release. Natural Resources Council of Main,11/15/2006
- "Internal Documents Show that Plum Creek Real Estate Investment Corp.
Violated Maine Laws and Destroyed Important Wildlife Habitat." Natural Resources Council of Maine November, 2006.
- "Plum Creek Report: Appendices." Natural Resources Council of Maine
November, 2006.
- "Plum Creek Receives Largest Fine in Maine's History: Comparison Chart
of Violations." Natural Resources Council of Maine November, 2006.
- “New Report Exposes Illegal Logging In Canada’s Boreal Forests By Weyerhaeuser Operations Supplying Xerox.” Press Release. Saskatchewan Environmental Society, et al, 7/15/2005.
- “New Report Details Maxxam/PL’s Wholesale Noncompliance with Environmental Protection Standards; Company Racks Up Over 300 Violations in Five Years.” Press Release. Environmental Protection Information Center, 5/26/2004.
- “Setting the Record Straight: Maxxam/Pacific Lumber’s Lawless Logging Continues, March 1999 – April 2004.” Environmental Protection Information Center, May, 2004.
- “Setting the Record Straight: Appendix B, Maxxam/Pacific Lumber’s Violations of the Forest Practice Rules and Habitat Conservation Plan, March 1999 – March 2004.” Environmental Protection Information Center, May, 2004.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Conversion of Natural Forests to Plantations
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies, with references.
- “International Paper in the Southern US: A Case Study of an SFI Member Company’s Destructive Practices in North Carolina,” Dogwood Alliance, 2002.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Conversion of Forests to Sprawl and Non-Forest Conditions
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies, with references.
- “Timber Companies Selling Off Prime Land for Housing,” USA Today, December, 2005.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Excessive Clearcutting
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
- “Court Decision Rejects SPI Clearcutting Plans…” Press release, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch, April, 2006.
Excessive Chemical Use
- “Court Decision Rejects SPI Clearcutting Plans…” Press release, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch, April, 2006.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Unsustainable Logging Levels
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Impacts on Communities, Workers, and Indigenous People
- “Weyerhaeuser Dispute Highlights Sustainability Certification Troubles.” Inside Green Business, 5/3/2006.
- “SFI Certified Forest Destruction.” Factsheet highlighting environmentally damaging practices used by selected SFI certified forestry companies, with references.
- “On the Ground, Forest Certification: Green Stamp of Approval or Rubber Stamp of Destruction?” Commissioned by ForestEthics, Greenpeace, and Sierra Club Canada, 2003.
- “Weyerhaeuser Loses Appeal in Alder Case—Firm Raised Price to Kill Off Rival.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer/Associated Press, 6/1/2005.
- Excerpts from “A Review of the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative,” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
Company Case Studies
- “On the Ground, Forest Certification: Green Stamp of Approval or Rubber Stamp of Destruction?” Commissioned by ForestEthics, Greenpeace, and Sierra Club Canada, 2003.
- “The Bottom Line: Sierra Pacific Industries and the AF&PA Sustainable Forestry Initiative.” American Lands Alliance, November, 2003.
- “International Paper in the Southern US: A Case Study of an SFI Member Company’s Destructive Practices in North Carolina,” Dogwood Alliance, 2002.
Regional Case Studies
- “The Sustainable Forestry Initiative From the Air and on the Ground.” Photo and text essay on SFI certified practices on the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee ForestWatch.
- “Bringing Down the Boreal.” Examines the SFI and CSA in the context of Boreal forest protection issues. ForestEthics, August, 2004.
Letters From Scientists and Others
- Letter to the SFI Sustainable Forestry Board. Natural Resources Council of Maine, September 9, 2004.
Letter to the AF&PA. Forty-One Conservation Groups, July 18, 2001.
Archive
“Behind the Logo: An Environmental and Social Assessment of Forest Certification Schemes.” FERN, May, 2001.