FSC forest management certification is back on the cards for Zimbabwe after taking a backseat for almost 15 years, largely due to severe economic challenges, such as hyperinflation, high interest rates, an unstable exchange rate, and a volatile political climate.
Last year, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) appointed the non-governmental organisation Soil Association Certification to develop Interim National Standards (INS) for forestry in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
The Soil Association’s forestry standards specialists, Vanessa Linforth and Jeanette Clarke, are facilitating the project in Zimbabwe, where they are working with the lead agency, the Zimbabwe Forestry Commission.
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