Sustainable Forestry Initiative

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Bring a hammer and nails. Georgia’s forestry community is coming together to build a Habitat for Humanity home in Macon in early 2013. The Georgia SFI Implementation Committee is one of several forestry community groups sponsoring the build. "We’ll provide a home for a family in need, while highlighting Georgia grown and manufactured building products," said said Larry Spillers, SFI Implementation Committee Chairman from Jordan Forest Products. A shopping trip with the family will highlight products made from wood. The entire project will be captured on video to help demonstrate sustainability from the harvesting of trees from a Georgia forest and manufacturing at Georgia mills to building a home and replanting the forest for the next generation.

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The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® program has been working to make a positive difference in Georgia forests since 1995.

The SFI® program in Georgia works behind the scenes supporting responsible forestry, wood procurement and harvesting in Georgia. Collectively, SFI Inc. and SFI Program participants:

  • Have helped train thousands of loggers and foresters;
  • Provided forestry information and support to family forest owners;
  • Applied SFI principles on millions of acres of SFI Program participant lands in Georgia;
  • Used responsible wood procurement practices that conform to the SFI Standard; and,
  • Provided assurance to customers and consumers that the forest and paper products they purchase are from sustainably managed forests.