What Are Organizations, Companies, and Individuals Doing to Help Stop Deforestation Today?

Many things are being done to stop deforestation. Many businesses and organizations are helping.

Many countries have been setting up laws to help protect the forests, the United States of America has two. One of these laws is the Roadless Rule. The Roadless rule is law number 88-577.  This rule was finalized on September 3rd, 1964. It was written by Howard Zahniser. 9.1 million acres of land is under federal protection, because of this law. The other law is the Wilderness Act. It was created on January 12th, 2001. This protects 58.5 million acres of land. The Wilderness Act makes sure none of these forests are logged or deforested.

The WWF has also been doing a lot to help deforestation. They have set up many protected areas around the country, and have also started the GFTN. The GFTN is the global forest & trade network. This joins many other companies around the world together. They have one goal, to stop deforestation.

Another thing that is being done is the zero deforestation policy.This is trying to make people use less deforestation while using the following: paper, palm oil, soy, and timbre. 

There is also one more policy, the paper procurement policy. This encourages people to use more recycled wood, pulp, and fiber.