Forests - What We Do: Public Policy and Trade Agreements

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Forests in the Farm Bill
Read about The Nature Conservancy's recommendations for the 2007 Farm Bill to support farms and protect natural resources, including forests.
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The Nature Conservancy calls on Congress to increase funding and strengthen policy to combat dangerous forest pests.

Successful forest conservation projects often result from supportive, forest-friendly public policies and sustained funding for conservation. Without such policies in place, many conservation efforts are doomed to fail.

The Nature Conservancy works with governments and public agencies to establish practical policies and legislation that support forest conservation around the world.

Debt-for-Nature Swaps and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act
Funding and Policy to Combat Dangerous Pests
The Nature Conservancy Opposed a Proposed Sale of U.S. Forest Service Lands
The Nature Conservancy supported a move by President Bush to fund the Forest Legacy Program.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Mark Godfrey (International Paper site, North Carolina); Photo © Emily Whitted (Big Woods, Arkansas).