Forest-Climate Working Group
The Forest-Climate Working Group (FCWG) is a broad and diverse coalition of forest stakeholders formed to develop consensus recommendations for U.S. forest components of federal climate legislation. The participants in the Forest-Climate Working Group — landowner, industry, conservation, wildlife, carbon finance, and forestry organizations — engaged in a year of facilitated consensus dialog to develop this policy platform. Their recommendations focus in three areas: 1) Offset Credits for Forest Carbon Activities; 2) Beyond Offsets - Incentive, Research, and Technical Assistance Programs; and 3) Forest Adaptation; which are detailed in this report.
Among the 30 members of FCWG are many of the nation’s largest and best-known conservation groups including the Environmental Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Wilderness Society, as well as timber giant Plum Creek. The Forest-Climate Working Group intends to work closely with Congress and the Obama administration to develop strong forest-climate policy.
Publication Date: February 2009
Sectors:
- Biodiversity and ecosystems
- Forestry
Resource Category:
Resource Types:
- Policy analysis/recommendations
Impacts:
- Air temperature
- Economic
- Extreme storms and hurricanes
- Invasive species and pests
- Water supply
- Wildfires