Throughout the year, FSC SouthernAfrica organized several training sessions to expand our community of leaders who believe in responsible forest management.
Training on FSC Ecosystem Services Procedure
FSC Southern Africa and FSC International hosted training in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in August 2019, focused on the FSCEcosystem Services Procedure. Participants included certificate holders and certification body auditors. The training aimed to provide value addition to forest Management certificate holders in South Africa.
Training on the implementation of the National ForestStewardship Standard (NFSS)
FSC Southern Africa provided training on the recently approved national norm for South Africa to certificate holders and certification body auditors in early 2019. The training aimed to provide a consistent understanding of the requirements to the stakeholders and a platform to raise queries in the application of the requirements. The national norm has been successfully implemented in 2019 by the local certificate holders.
Government officials Training in Namibia.
FSC Southern Africa provided training on the FSCForest Management Standard to governmental officials and interested stakeholders in Windhoek, Namibia in November 2019. This was done in collaboration with the German Development office – Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit -GIZNamibia and the De-bushing Advisory Service (DAS). The training focused on the requirements of forest management and the role of government and external stakeholders in the FSC system. FSC Southern Africa will be providing calibration training to certificate holders on the recently approved NFSS for Namibia in early 2020.