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We investigate and expose the trade in illegal and destructively logged timber. We support the rights of forest peoples. We challenge governments and industry to end their role in ancient forest destruction. We promote real alternatives such as products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which ensures that timber comes from environmentally and socially responsible forest management. Forests, which include boreal, temperate and tropical forests, coniferous and broadleaf forests, rainforests and mangroves - are diverse ecosystems which help to maintain life on earth.
They influence weather by controlling rainfall and evaporation of water from soil, and help stabilise the world's climate by storing large amounts of carbon that would otherwise contribute to climate change. Around two-thirds of the world's land-based species of plants and animals live in ancient forests. That's hundreds of thousands of different plants and animals, and literally millions of insects. Millions of people depend on forests for their survival