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Keeping forests as forests is the foundation to all forest-climate solutions. More than 30 million acres of U.S. forests are projected to be lost to development.

The climate benefits of forests and forest products from sustainably managed forests provide economic opportunities in rural economies. The U.S. forest products industry produces accounts for seven percent of total U.S. manufacturing GDP, and employs 2 million people.

Forests can do even more to slow climate change if we provide the right science and financial incentives to help private forest owners and public land managers plant and re-plant forests, and manage with an eye to carbon.

Forests provide not just carbon benefits, but a variety of other community benefits. Forests and trees provide us with fresh water, habitats for at-risk species, opportunities for outdoor recreation and cool neighborhoods.

Protecting forests from climate change is equally as important as trapping more carbon in forests. Many forest resources could be lost to the stresses of climate change, and cutting edge-science has showed that U.S. forests will lose their capacity to store carbon, and release lots of carbon already stored, if we don't help forests adapt.