About    - History    - Leadership    - Board of Directors  RIL    - TFF Standard for      Reduced Impact      Logging    - Cost/Benefits Study    - South America    - Asia    - Africa  Mahogany  Contributors    - Corporate Sponsors    - Partners  Support TFF    - Contributor's App.  TFF Newsletters  TFF Species Bulletins  Press Releases/News/   Documents of Interest  CITES  Tomorrow's Forests  Industry Can Help  Consider This  Links  Contact		A number of factors cause deforestation. Chief among them are poverty, overpopulation, and misguided government policies, to name but a few. These give rise to more immediate causes such as slash-and-burn agriculture, encroachment and uncontrolled logging. TFF has chosen Sustainable Forest Management as a way of countering these harmful practices. To many of you, this might be an unfamiliar concept. We'd like to change that. Sustainable Forest Management is a process of managing permanent forest land in a way that promotes the protection of soil, water, wildlife and timber resources in perpetuity. This is the essence of Sustainable Forest Management and integrating this process with your company's goals is easier than you might think. The international tropical timber industry and those who rely on its resources, share the growing concern for better tropical forest management. Many have implemented important changes world-wide by taking some of the following steps toward adopting sustainable forest management practices. Sustainable Forest Management. Commit to sustainable management in all timber harvesting. Fund programs, projects and initiatives of the Tropical Forest Foundation. Incorporate and utilize TFF demonstration and training programs. Actively promote and influence government policies and programs that encourage and require sustainable management. Encourage and support educational programs for specifiers and consumers to promote utilization of tropical forest products from sustainably managed sources.