{"id":390,"date":"2015-04-21T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2016-05-04T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T13:12:36","slug":"the-conservation-fund-partners-with-apple-to-permanently-protect-u-s-working-forests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/archive\/the-conservation-fund-partners-with-apple-to-permanently-protect-u-s-working-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conservation Fund Partners with Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Conservation Fund announced that it is partnering with Apple to help protect working forests in the United States. The Apple initiative will conserve more than 36,000 acres of working forestland in Maine and North Carolina, ensuring these forests stay forests and any timber on the land is harvested sustainably.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cApple is clearly leading by example\u2014one that we hope others will follow,\u201d<\/em> said Larry Selzer, president and CEO of The Conservation Fund. <em>\u201cBy all accounts, the loss of America\u2019s working forests is one of our nation\u2019s greatest environmental challenges. The initiative is precedent-setting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The forests that Apple and The Conservation Fund are protecting are larger than the land area of the City of San Francisco. Through its commitment, Apple can ensure a steady supply of sustainably harvested timber to paper and pulp mills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-nsm-1-175\" src=\"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_140197240-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s initiative protects forestlands through The Conservation Fund\u2019s Working Forest Fund (WFF). Pioneered by the Fund in the late 1990s, the program is an entirely new model for acquiring and permanently protecting ecologically significant portions of America\u2019s last, large, intact privately-held forests.<\/p>\n<p>The program places conservation easements on the land, which ensure sustainable harvests and restrict the subdivision or conversion of land to non-forest uses. In addition, this land can only be sold with the conservation easements intact, and sale proceeds are reinvested to protect other vulnerable forestlands.<\/p>\n<p>WFF also uses forest management strategies to enhance forest health and productivity, wildlife habitat, CO<sub>2<\/sub> sequestration and water quality, while supporting the economic vitality of surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 750 million acres of U.S. forests, more than 420 million acres are \u201cworking\u201d forest, which provide timber for construction, as well as fiber for paper and packaging. More than 45 million acres of those working forests are at risk of being lost to development. In particular, these lands are being sold and then resold in smaller pieces to be converted into residential and commercial space.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe status quo for America\u2019s working forests is simply not acceptable,\u201d<\/em> said Selzer. <em>\u201cWe will continue to drive innovative solutions that help ensure their protection and create a sustainable future for generations to come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationfund.org\/\">http:\/\/www.conservationfund.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conservation Fund announced that it is partnering with Apple to help protect working forests in the United States. 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