Sep 16, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. Oji Lao Plantation Forest Company Ltd. (LPFL), which is a joint venture of Lao Government and a joint holding company invested by Oji group, lately received FSC certification. By this FSC certification, it has been confirmed by third-party authority that LPFL forest operation is environmentally considered and responsibly managed, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Planted trees reaching harvesting stage will be mainly utilized for value added wood products such as sawn timber and plywood, while partly be chipped as raw material of paper. All of those products will be sold by Oji Forest & Product Co., Ltd.

LPFL started its operation in 1999 and presently manages 18 thousand hectares of eucalyptus and acacia plantation.

Oji group maintains totally 284 thousand hectares of overseas forest plantation projects, at 14 sites in 9 countries worldwide, of which 237 thousand hectares hold FSC FM/COC certification.