{"id":584,"date":"2010-05-20T15:57:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T19:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodforforests.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2023-03-24T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:35:57","slug":"sfi-invests-in-conservation-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/sfi-invests-in-conservation-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"SFI Invests in Conservation Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allison Welde\u00a0manages\u00a0SFI’s outreach to conservation groups and other SFI stakeholders and identifies areas of potential collaboration. She also manages\u00a0the new SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program.<\/em><\/p>\n

Key components of the SFI program are support for research and landowner outreach, and these requirements in our standard have already led to countless benefits in forests and communities across North America.\u00a0 To further our long-standing commitment to conservation and research through innovative partnerships, we created the Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program<\/a> earlier this year.\u00a0 This program is designed to foster relationships between organizations interested in improving forest management in the United States and Canada, and responsible procurement globally.<\/p>\n

That is why today\u00a0we are\u00a0incredibly proud to announce that SFI is committing $675,000 to fund nine conservation projects in North America dedicated to\u2014among other things\u2014improving forest habitat and biodiversity, and reducing illegal logging globally.\u00a0\u00a0 Through the involvement of partners, these projects will leverage additional resources and are expected to achieve a total value of almost $2.7 million.\u00a0 Now that\u2019s the power of partnerships!<\/p>\n

The projects announced today include partnerships with numerous SFI Program Participants and are led by:<\/p>\n

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