Forests play an important role in carbon storage and climate change. While deforestation reduces carbon sinks, sustainable forest management and reforestation can increase carbon sequestration. However, deforestation continues due to logging and land conversion for agriculture. The paper industry both contributes to deforestation but also promotes certification and sustainable practices to reduce its environmental impact. Debate exists around whether certain forestry and paper production methods can be considered carbon neutral.

1. Forests, Paper and Carbon Sinks Business, Society & Environment Professor Hector R Rodriguez School of Business Mount Ida College Forests, Paper and Carbon Sinks

7. Logging is Old Industry Excelsior Redwood Company lumber train and camp operating out of Freshwater, approximately 1890. Ericson Photograph Collection, Humboldt State University Library.

12. The FSC is an international certification and labeling system that guarantees that paper and wood products carrying the FSC label come from an environmentally and socially responsible source. The FSC’s mission is to promote the environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests through standards development and certification Improve - Forest Stewardship Council

13. Voluntary, market based tool for forest conservation. Forest management certification Chain of Custody certification The FSC label Tracking of products from forest to shelf. What Does it Do?

14. FSC Certified Forest Manufacturing FSC Certified Paper FSC-certified papers are tracked from forest to final product. The FSC label is your guarantee that the paper has come from a responsibly managed forest, verified recycled source, or other controlled forest friendly sources. FSC Certified Paper