About 4,000 hectares of FSC forest will be developed.

Cam Lo District has just worked with the National Timber Company Limited - Quang Tri Branch on linking FSC certified planted forests.

At the meeting, National Wood Company Limited - Quang Tri Branch said that the company is currently building a wood pellet processing factory in Dong Ha City with an area of 2 hectares, a capacity of 5,000 tons/month, and a raw material demand of 11,000 tons/month, from wood, branches, bark, waste/by-products from planted forests. The expected operating time is August 2024. The company has signed a contract in principle with two partners in Japan, requiring products to have FSC certification.

Nursery garden with grafted branches for forest planting in Cam Tuyen commune - Photo: Anh Vu

With the factory's annual raw material demand of about 132,000 tons, stemming from the task of forest management and protection and the requirements of customer partners, the company wants to develop an FSC certified raw area in Cam Lo district with an area of about 4,000 hectares. Currently, the unit has also signed a contract with the Center for Research and Resource Management to support the construction of FSC group certification dossiers linking businesses and forest owner groups.

During the process of implementing FSC certification, the company will cover all costs for technical training, support in building and reviewing documents to ensure eligibility for certification assessment; cover all costs for inviting international organizations to assess and issue certificates; develop a contract in principle between the company and households/household groups clearly showing the benefit mechanism between the two parties when achieving and maintaining certification; commit to purchasing wood from households/household groups with certificates at a price higher than the market price at the time of purchase or support seedlings for reforestation.

The leaders of Cam Lo district agreed with the plans and policies proposed by the National Timber Company Limited - Quang Tri Branch. At the same time, they directed relevant sectors, communes and towns to coordinate with enterprises to propagate and disseminate to forest owners participating in the association group to grant FSC forest certificates; guide and support enterprises and consulting units on legal processes and related procedures in the process of building certificates. Strive to issue certificates to participating forest owners by March 2025.

Mr. Vu

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/thoi-su/cam-lo-se-phat-trien-them-khoang-4-000-ha-rung-fsc/184092.htm