Sep 15, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and the Indonesian Ecolabeling Institute, Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia, (LEI) announced that five of APP's pulp and paper mills have successfully achieved Chain of Custody (CoC) certification under the LEI certification program, The Jakarta Post reported. "The LEI CoC certification is a wood-tracking scheme to ensure that a LEI CoC-certified product is sourced from a responsibly managed forest," Agung Prasetyo, executive director of LEI, said. This is an excellent initiative for APP to introduce the first LEI-certified paper worldwide, manufactured from LEI's Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)-certified pulpwood plantations, Prasetyo added. He said the LEI CoC trademark has entered Japan, the EU and US markets through LEI CoC-certified wooden furniture. Today, more than 1.5 million hectares of forest in Indonesia are certified under the LEI program, consisting of natural production forest, plantation forest, indigenous people's forest and community-based forest. The certification process, which covers APP's entire product range from pulp and tissue to various kinds of converted paper products, was conducted by TUV International Indonesia from April until July 2009. TUV International Indonesia is a part of the German-based TUV Rheinland Group and an LEI-accredited certification body. Currently, LEI is the only SFM certification program applicable for the pulpwood plantation industry in Indonesia.