Healthy Forest Initiative: Is it really healthy?

As people in the 21st century, we are very familiar with the wildfires common in the forest. Cruel incineration destroys millions of acres of forest every year. In the United States, 190 million acres of meadows are estimated to be very vulnerable to catastrophic fires (www.doi.gov / initiatives / forest.html). About one-third of these high-risk forests are in California (www.sfgate.com). These uncontrollable flames consume not only our beautiful forests but also the lives of wildlife, our house, and those who fight forest fires.

In order to raise awareness of the relationship between healthy forests, healthy people, and healthy economies, the United Nations announced 2011 as the International Forest Year. Just three years ago the United Nations declared 2008 as the International Sanitation Year and estimated 42,000 people died in a week with several diseases related to lack of proper hygiene. The often overlooked reality is healthy forests from the forest to water washing, healthy people and improved global hygiene (production and use of toilet paper).

In 2002, President Bush launched the Healthy Forest Initiative (HFI). President Bush developed this plan because of the catastrophic fire that occurred in California, Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Oregon in 2002. "The Risk of Fire" and "The Faster Response" (White House) to Exposure to Forest Diseases and the Threat of Destroying Pests This proposal is aimed at helping forest managers make decisions on thinning and wood sales We will make it possible. Conflicting (Trachtman: 52) However, in 2003, Bush signed the "Healthy Forest Recovery Act"

Forest certification is a way to verify sustainable forest management. This is the product of many people who wish forest owners and forest managers in our country and around the world to be responsible for responsible healthy and sustainable management of our forests. In the future certification may be important to maintain wood market, regional economy, forest management ability of forest managers. The Forest Certification Scheme (PEFC) is a comprehensive organization to evaluate and approve the national forest certification system mutually. The organization operates globally. Under this umbrella, there are the Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) and the American Forest Foundation - the US Forest Farm System (ATFS) in the United States.