The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Malaysia recently launched a natural rubber project in the country, which has the potential to elevate Malaysia as a sustainable natural rubber producer in the region while delivering broad benefits for people and nature.  

The revised FSC Forest Stewardship Standard (FSS) for New Zealand (NZ) applies to management units in plantation forests under all types of ownerships (including public, private and community based), as described in section B.2 Scope of the standard.

As part of the initiative of FSC to provide simple and easy-to-audit Regional Forest Stewardship Standard (RFSS) for smallholders in Indonesia, Vietnam, India and Thailand in Asia-Pacific region, the launch and calibration workshop of "The FSC Forest Stewardship Standard for Smallholders in India" was held at Hyderabad, India during 18-19 January 2023.