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The Bethlehem Authority and Nature Conservancy have agreed to protect 20,500 acres of forests and fight climate change for the next 50 years through the Working Woodlands program — bringing revenue to the city without increases in taxes.

The Nature Conservancy will provide Forest Stewardship Council Certification, which gives forests a label of sustainability, which enables them to command a higher price for timber, said Misty Edgecomb, media relations manager for the Nature Conservancy. The initiative also will create a new source of revenue through the sale of forest carbon credits by the carbon development and marketing firm Blue Source through the Carbon Market Exchange.