Northern Forest Center
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Since 1997, the Northern Forest Center has worked to build a shared vision for the region based on three essential ingredients: thriving communities, healthy forests and innovative and resilient local economies that can support both. The Center advocates for the Northern Forest region and helps its communities benefit from forest-based economic and conservation initiatives.
A key strategy for realizing this vision is to create a new generation of conservation tools that can provide economic incentives for long-term forest stewardship. The Center is leading a team of organizations, each expert in its field, through the Northern Forest Investment Zone initiative to bring these new tools—such as income for maintaining forests that keep carbon out of the atmosphere (also known as carbon sequestration)—to the region. The Center believes these tools can have a profound positive impact on Northern Forest communities.
