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Innovations to Support Family Forest Owners

The American Forest Foundation has developed a number of tools designed with the unique needs of family forest owners in mind. Read on to learn more about these.

The Family Forest: A Virtual Community for Family Forest Owners The Family Forest is a virtual community for family forest owners and those who support them to connect, empower one another, and share encouragement and resources on journey of land stewardship. Learn more		The Family Forest Carbon Program Developed by the American Forest Foundation and The Nature Conservancy, the Family Forest Carbon Program enables family forest owners to access carbon markets, empowering them to help address climate change while earning income from their land. Learn More
AFF's Risk Based Approach The American Forest Foundation (AFF) was engaged in January 2020 to develop a risk-based approach (RBA) for achieving conformance with the Netherlands subsidy scheme for renewable energy (or in Dutch, de stimuleringsregeling duurzame energieproductie or SDE+) sustainability requirements for Category 2 biomass sourced from small Forest Management Units (FMUs) (<500 hectares) in the US. Read More		Landscape Management Plan A credible, third party-approved forest management plan written for an entire region. Learn More

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