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Forest Conservation: What We Do

Advocating for Supportive Public Policies

The Conservancy works with governments and agencies to establish forest conservation policies.

The Nature Conservancy's J.Merrill Lynch with natural history filmmaker Bill Pendergraft examine maps of International Paper properties in northeastern North Carolina while visiting IP's Swift Creek Red Bud Road number 2 forest unit, located in the Piedmont ecoregion of northeastern North Carolina. ..The Nature Conservancy's J.Merrill Lynch with natural history filmmaker Bill Pendergraft examine maps of International Paper properties in northeastern North Carolina while visiting IP's Swift Creek Red Bud Road number 2 forest unit, located in the Piedmont ecoregion of northeastern North Carolina. . © Mark Godfrey/The Nature Conservancy

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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 supported a move by President Bush to fund the Forest Legacy Program.