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EHS Guidelines: Forestry

This collection of Industry-Sector Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines includes sub-sectors in forestry, offering guidance on managing related environmental, occupational, and community health and safety risks. Technical guidance is available for sustainable forest management, responsible harvesting techniques, and pollution control in wood processing.

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The EHS Guidelines for Board and Particle-based Products apply to the manufacture of board and particle-based products and to plants that make board from other raw materials such as sugar cane bagasse, straw, and linen.

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The EHS Guidelines for Forest Harvesting Operations include information relevant to the management of both plantation and natural forests, in temperate, boreal, and tropical zones.

The EHS Guidelines for Pulp and Paper Mills include information relevant to pulp and paper manufacturing facilities including wood-based chemical and mechanical pulping, recycled fiber pulping, and pulping based on non-wood raw materials such as bagasse, straw, and reed.

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The EHS Guidelines for Sawmilling and Manufactured Wood Products include information relevant to projects and facilities such as furniture manufacturing, plants manufacturing glue laminated boards and beams, and preservative treatment of timber and timber products.

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