Current Projects

	Curriculum Project - Phase I
	Curriculum Project - Phase II
	Forest Fragmentation
	National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry 2002 Science Programs
	Roundtable on Sustainable Forests
	Certificate in Sustainable Natural Resource Management
	Virtual Forest Tours
	Educating Landowners about Criteria and Indicators
	The Importance of Forests to People
	Assessing American Indians Affinity to Forestland

Virtual Forest Tours

Partnership faculty at Auburn, Penn State, and Oregon State will develop forest tours in their respective states and make the tours available on-line. Visitors will be able to view forests and learn sustainable forest management approaches from their armchair. Professionals around the world will be able to see examples from three US regions and access data supporting the rationale for management choices. The tours will complement the Partnership's traditional Extension Forestry work. For further information.

Roundtable on Sustainable Forests

In 1993, the United States declared its commitment to sustainable forest management of the entire nation's forests by the year 2000. In 1995 in Santiago, Chile the United States and 11 other countries endorsed the comprehensive set of 7 criteria and 67 indicators to assess national trends in forest conditions and monitor progress toward sustainability at the country level. Representatives of Federal and State agencies and a variety of national organizations in the United States met in 1998 to discuss and affirm their commitment to coordination and collaboration on sustainable forest management. From this discussion, a Roundtable on Sustainable Forests of national leaders was created and is beginning to focus on the use of the criteria and indicators at the national level in the United States.

The Partnership and the Forest Service jointly co-chair the Roundtable.

• Past projects