FSC-Africa Regional Office in collaboration with the Facilitation of the Congo Basin Forests Partnership (CBFP) and The Inter-African Forestry Industry Association (IFIA) organize the side-meeting during the FSC General Assembly to be held in Kota-Kinabalu, Malaysia from 26 June to 1^st July 2011 to share the Congo Basin’s experience with the promotion of responsible forest management and FSC certification.

The side event should be organized on the 27th June 2011 between 02:00 and 04:00 PM in Kota-Kinabalu, Malaysia

For more information, please download the terms of reference of the meeting 

Since Rio, Congo Basin countries supported by partners are committed to responsible forestry and credible certification of forestry operation. Thanks to the multi-actors approach involving public sector, private sector, civil society, research institutions and individual experts to promote forest certification, significant progress have been recorded with about 4.6 million of hectares of logging concessions certified FSC and more than 5 million hectares progressing towards FSC certification. This side event will share to the participants attending the General Assembly, their experience in promoting forest certification in the Congo Basin countries.