2006 SFI Data Overview

• Harvesting and Reforestation
• Research Funding
• Raw Material Supply
• Cooperative Forest Management

2006 SFI Data Overview

At the end of 2006, MWV owned or leased 1,219,834 acres of forestland in the United States and 137,028 acres in southern Brazil. MWV has longstanding relationships with leading conservation organizations, including:

• The Nature Conservancy
• The National Wild Turkey Federation
• Quality Deer Management Association
• The Ruffed Grouse Society

All of MWV's forests and wood procurement operations in the U.S. are third-party certified to the SFI® Standard. During 2005, MWV initiated re-certification audits in accordance with SFI requirements. The independent auditing firm of Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) re-certified 1,221,230 acres of company forestland, as well as the associated wood procurement operations.

 Certified Forestland Detail

MWV uses a land classification system, called ecosystem-based forestry, to assign company forestlands to one of six management zones: water quality, non-forest management, special areas, timber management, habitat diversity and visual quality.

The zones indicate the primary management activity for that area. Sustainable forestry can only happen when the forest resources are known. MWV uses its Forest Resources Information System (FRIS®) to identify and keep track of all the elements that make up its forests. These include things like soil types and condition, forest types, forest stand ages and conditions, and a variety of other ecosystem indicators. FRIS also tracks sites in our special areas program. These areas require special management actions due to particular biological, geological or cultural features.

Management plans for our entire forest ownership include wildlife habitat and biodiversity conservation objectives. Our forest inventory data are being merged and updated on a schedule that is appropriate for each species or situation. More than 1.219 million acres of MWV forests are used for various types of recreation. We do not track recreation usage on all lands.

America's forests are the source of products needed by consumers every day. Each year, every American uses the equivalent of a tree that is 100 feet tall and one and a half feet in diameter. As population grows, current world wood consumption is expected to rise by 60 to 80 percent by the year 2050. Trees are one of our few renewable resources for manufacturing. Sustainable forest management, along with sunlight, air, soil and water, will continue to assure that we'll have the forests we want and the products we need for today and for the future. Managed forest ecosystems also provide a variety of important non-timber benefits like wildlife habitat, clean air and water, carbon sequestration, biodiversity protection and the beauty that is important to us all.

MWV's forests are a mix of natural softwood and hardwood stands (34.3 percent), softwood or hardwood plantations (60.7 percent) and non-forest (5.0 percent). We actively promote rapid regeneration of natural sites when they are harvested, and our plantations are planted with fast-growing, improved seedlings from selective breeding programs. By maximizing fiber production in Timber Management Zones and using the very best technology available, we reduce the land needed for timber production and make it possible to manage other areas for non-timber values.