The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) announced that Chief Conservation Officer Paul Trianosky will retire on July 1. Trianosky helped position SFI as an important contributor to forest conservation, and elevated the role that sustainable forest management plays in conversation outcomes.
During Trianosky’s tenure, which began in 2013, he was the driving force behind the rapid growth of SFI’s conservation focus across more than 350 million acres (140 million hectares) of certified forests, and the organization’s role in conserving even larger landscapes. His signature achievement was leading the development of the SFI Conservation Impact Project, which measures the carbon sequestered, biodiversity maintained or recovered, and water purified on the SFI footprint.
Over the coming months, SFI will be evaluating candidates to continue and expand SFI’s collaborative efforts in conservation leadership.
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is a sustainability organization operating in the U.S. and Canada that works across four pillars: standards, conservation, community, and education.
