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Our Mission

Trees and forests are a critical nature-based solution to climate change. That’s why 1t.org aims to connect, empower and mobilize a global reforestation community to conserve, restore and grow one trillion trees globally by 2030.

The U.S. chapter facilitates the leadership of American companies, nonprofits, governments and individuals to help us reach this goal with unprecedented scale and speed.

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Number of jobs created for every $1 million invested in tree planting and forest conservation

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Garrett-Peltier, H., Pollin, R. (2007). “Job Creation per $1 Million Investment.” Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Political Economy and Research Institute. Available here.

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Million acres estimated in the U.S. where trees can responsibly be planted

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Cook-Patton, Susan, et al. Spatial action maps to restore forest cover and mitigate climate in the contiguous United States. The Nature Conservancy. 2020. In press.

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Million acres of forest conservation opportunity estimated in the U.S.

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Nelson, M.D., Riitters, K.H., Coulston, J.W., Domke, G.M., Greenfield, E.J., Langner, L.L., Nowak, D.J., O’Dea, C.B., Oswalt, S.N., Reeves, M.C., Wear, D.N. (2020). Defining the United States Land Base: A Technical Document Supporting the USDA Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment. GTR NRS-191. Madison, WI: US Forest Service. Available here.

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Metric Tons of carbon dioxide a single tree in the U.S. can capture, on average, over its lifetime

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American Forests analysis of USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, Thu Apr 30 18:43:23 GMT 2020. Forest Inventory EVALIDator web-application Version 1.8.0.01. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [Available only the on internet here.]

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Million acres of Forests where housing density will increase by 2030

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Mockrin, M.H.; Lilja, R.L.; Weidner, E.; Stein, S.M.; Carr, M.A. 2014. Private forests, housing growth, and America’s water
supply: A report from the Forests on the Edge and Forests to Faucets Projects. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-327. Fort Collins,
CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Available here.

U.S. Chapter Secretariat

The daily operations of the U.S. Chapter are led by a Secretariat made up of staff from the World Economic Forum and American Forests. The Secretariat helps entities develop pledges, provides technical assistance for needs like climate-informed forestry, tracks progress on each pledge and connects all participants in the U.S. Chapter into a dynamic global community. The U.S. Chapter 1t.org Secretariat can be reached at us@1t.org.

U.S. Stakeholder Council

The 1t.org U.S. Stakeholder Council is made up of 20 diverse public and private sector entities that inform the strategic direction of the U.S. Chapter and assure that its operations and technical support equitably and effectively meet the needs of all 1t.org U.S. Chapter stakeholders.

Secretariat Organizations

The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.

 

The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

American Forests has worked longer than any national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States to protect and restore the country’s forests. Since its founding in 1875, American Forests has been the pathfinder for the forest conservation movement. The organization is now focused on building a movement to reforest America, from cities to large, rural landscapes.

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