Hosted in Shunchang, Nanping in Fujian, the purpose of the calibration meeting held on 11-14 June is to let auditors of Chinese certificate bodies familiarise and have a better understanding with the new Chinese National Forest Stewardship Standards (NFSS), which is conditionally approved in 2016 and will be implemented in due course.

In March 2018, Kim Carstensen, the FSC International Director General, visited Japan, New Zealand and Australia for a Board of Directors meeting and attended a series of events to strengthen ties and gather feedback from FSC’s stakeholders in the region. Here is a short summary of his productive visit.

To improve the market access and trade for sustainable wood from Indonesia, FSC cooperated with APHI (Asosiasi Profesi Hukum Indonesia) and The Borneo Initiative (TBI) and support its the fourth International Trade Event on 6 March 2018 in Hotel Mulia Jakarta.