Vietnam further protects its position within the wood industry with increased number of FSC-certified forested and FSC-certified wood and wood products.

Twenty years after FSC certification of the first forest management unit in Romania, the country now has national representation by FSC International.

The global demand for forest-based products is anticipated to increase by a third by 2035 and FSC is going to adapt circular solutions.

Italy becomes the third country to publish a national forest stewardship standard (NFSS) based on Version 5 of the FSC Principles and Criteria. The standard, FSC-STD-ITA-01-2017 V1-0 All Forest Types and Scale, will be effective from February 21, 2018.   …