PARTNERS IN MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE

Maximizing forests and forest products
as a natural climate solution

Forests and forest products already offset 15% of total U.S. industrial carbon emissions each year.  With approximately 360 million acres – or 70% – of the working forests in the U.S. on private land, the powerful sequestration engine and carbon sink carbon sink provided by working forests hold enormous opportunity to mitigate climate change at scale.  NAFO works closely with several partners who are aligned on the role of private working forests as a natural climate solution.

CEO Principles

ESTABLISHING COMMON GROUND BETWEEN FORESTRY, CONSERVATION & ENVIRONMENTAL CEOs

The CEO Principles outline a common vision on the important role that sustainably managed forests and forest products play in mitigating climate change.  The principles are signed by the CEOs of American Forests, American Forest Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, National Alliance of Forest Owners, The Nature Conservancy, and the CEOs of 43 forestry businesses representing over 46 million acres of working forests across the United States.

Forest Climate Working Group (FCWG)

ADVOCATING FOR FOREST CLIMATE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

The Forest-Climate Working Group (FCWG) is a coalition of forest stakeholders providing unified, consensus policy proposals for federal policymakers seeking to make an impact on the climate crisis. The FCWG presents innovative, science-based ways to leverage forests and forest products as a natural climate solution.

Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA)

WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS THE LAND SECTOR

The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) consists of organizations representing farmers, ranchers, forest owners, the food sector, state governments and environmental advocates that are working together to develop and promote shared climate policy priorities.

Conservationists for Climate Solutions

DRIVING CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS

Conservationists for Climate Solutions seeks to advance climate solutions with bipartisan legislation that   would improve landscape health and resiliency as well mitigate the early impacts on our nation’s fish and wildlife resources.

Private Working Forests as a Natural Climate Solution

Read the CEO Principles