Credible certification gives a guarantee that a forest or plantation is 'well-managed' and meeting recognised international environmental and social standards.

Good wood is timber and wood products which come from ethical and ecologically sustainable sources.

Illegal and destructive logging is rife throughout the Paradise Forests. One of the greatest challenges is the need to improve law enforcement, including the elimination of corruption and bribery among companies and government officials.

To help protect the world's ancient forests you can set up an ancient forest-friendly paper program in your office.

The temperate jungle of South America, which covers regions of Southern Chile and Argentina, represents the largest tract of essentially undisturbed temperate forest in the world.

The Snow Forests of Asian Russia comprise areas of intact ancient forest ranging from the arctic zone in north-eastern Sakha, to the subtropical region along the Amur and Ussuri river basins to the south.

The central African Forest of the Great Apes is second in size only to the Amazon rainforest and is the most species rich place in Africa. It is home to an astonishing number of animal and plant species.