Sierra Leone timber has excellent quality. Currently more then 8.000 containers of high quality timber backlogs are stored in depots around the country, waiting for Government Export Permission. The federation is currently rebranding the timber industry, towards a sustainable and environmental conscious future. The main goal of the newly formed Sierra Leone Timber Federation, is to establish a nation wide timber rehabilitation and replanting programme to establish 30.000 hectares of new timber plantations, focussing on endangered species listed on the IUCN list. In addition to the large scale planting program, the Federation will also focus on carbon credit schemes under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and become an accredited body under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).