AF&PA is the national trade association of the forest, paper and wood products industry. We represent member companies engaged in growing, harvesting and processing wood and wood fiber, manufacturing pulp, paper and paperboard products form both virgin and recycled fiber, and producing engineered and traditional wood products.

The essential goal of AppalFor is to collect, develop, discuss, and disseminate information on sustainable forestry online.

British Columbia is a North American leader in forest certification. Many forest companies, large and small, have either achieved or are pursuing certification under one or more systems. Forest certification is seen as one component of the overall provincial commitment to the goal of sustainable forest management.

To promote the sustainable development of Canada's forests and competitiveness of the Canadian forest sector for the well-being of present and future generations of Canadians.

The Certified Forest Products Council has a database called The Certification Resource Center (CRC) The CRC can be used by consumers, retailers, manufacturers, processors to find FSC-certified products, locate FSC-certified forests, and confirm certifications.

E-Answers is a searchable database containing research papers, articles, essays and other publications contributed by 46 land-grant universities throughout the United States. Users can access more than 100,000 publications on topics including agriculture, forestry, economics and the environment.

Forest Certification Watch is an independent news provider based in Montreal, Canada. With over seven years of detailed coverage and analysis, Forest Certification Watch is a one-stop information source, providing decision makers with the latest relevant news and helping them navigating through the complexities of all recent developments.

While initially focused on forest certification and responsible procurement, Forest Certification Watch has progressively expanded its coverage, which now includes sustainable forestry, public and corporate forest policy, forest certification, illegal logging, responsible procurement, corporate social responsibility, carbon forestry, bio-energy and related matters.

Forest Certification Watch is independent. It is not subsidized or unduly influenced by any special interest group. There is no advertising in Forest Certification Watch’s publications, as subscriptions represent the core funding of the organization.

The Forest History Society links the past to the future by identifying, collecting, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating information on the history of interactions between people, forests, and their related resources - timber, water, soil, forage, fish and wildlife, recreation, and scenic or spiritual values. The focus is from a North American perspective within a global context. Established in 1946 and incorporated as a nonprofit educational institution in 1955, the Forest History Society has grown steadily in response to increasing public concern about our forest heritage. It is affiliated with Duke University.

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. It was founded in 1993 by a diverse group of representatives from environmental and conservation groups, the timber industry, the forestry profession, indigenous peoples' organizations, community forestry groups and forest product certification organizations from 25 countries.

Georgia-Pacific began in 1927 at an Augusta, Ga., hardwood lumber yard. Today, as one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals, we employ more than 80,000 people at 500 facilities in the United States, Canada and 11 other countries.