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Binh Dinh: nearly 4,200 ha of forests certificated by FSC

Nearly 4,200 hectares of forest owned by Quy Nhon Forestry Co., Ltd in the central province of Binh Dinh have been granted the sustainable forest management certificate in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards.
Binh Dinh: nearly 4,200 ha of forests certificated by FSC ảnh 1Nguyen Thi Tu Anh (L), Chief Representative of GFA of Germany in Vietnam hands over the FSC certificate to Tran Nguyen Tu, Chairman of Quy Nhon Forestry C/. Ltd (Photo: VNA)

Binh Dinh (VNA) -  Nearly 4,200hectares of forest owned by Quy Nhon Forestry Co., Ltd in the central provinceof Binh Dinh have been granted the sustainable forest managementcertificate in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards.

This is the first State-ownedenterprise in Binh Dinh province to win the FSC certificate for plantationforest.

Chairman of Quy Nhon Forestry Co., Ltd TranNguyen Tu said that the FSC forest certification will help raise the economic valueof products from forest of the company.

In the coming time,the company will invest in developing a processing plant to complete a completechain of forestry development, including high quality saplings production,afforestation, sustainable forest management and wood processing.

Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Thanhsaid that the FSC certification is a great encouragement, recognising effortsof the firm in sustainable and responsible forest management and development.

This is also a model thatother units and organizations in the locality should follow, towards improvingthe value of forests and the quality of the environment, he stressed.

Implementing thesustainable forest management programme under the National Forestry DevelopmentStrategy in 2006 - 2020, Binh Dinh authorities have implemented a project to plant big wood trees. The locality aims to have 30,000 ha of big wood tree forest by 2035.

Binh Dinh is currentlyone of the four top localities in the country in terms of wood furnitureproduction value, Thanh said, adding that the locality plans to further develop the sector while simultaneously improving the quality offorests and the environment to serve the community.

The Forest Stewardship Council is a global not-for-profit organization dedicated topromoting responsible forest management around the world. Officially founded in1994 with a mission to stop global deforestation, the FSC certification schemeensures that forests products are responsibly managed and harvested./.

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