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Concession area of 50,000 hectares and approximately 22,231 hectares planted in Bolikhamxai and Khammouane as of 2014. Possibly expanding into Xieng Khouang. In August 2013, 22,308 hectares of the company’s operations were certified by FSC, a global forest certification scheme. Source: Mekong Watch

The vast majority of this plantation is undertaken under a land concession model where the government grants land considered to be State land to the company.

Oji Paper started the plantation project in Southern Laos earlier 2010, covering a total of 30,000 hectares. The feasibility study which started from November 2010 until March 2011 looked into potential REDD funding for Oji Paper’s plantations in central and southern Laos. The study was commissioned by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Oji’s concession area in central Laos covers a total area of 154,000 hectares, of which a total of 50,000 hectares were to be planted. Source: REDD On 26 May 2015, it was announced that FSC certification 1 of a tree plantation project implemented by Oji LPFL in Laos with investment from Oji Paper, which had been attained in 2013, has been terminated. The FSC certification is thought to have expired because the company was unable to respond to the corrective action requests imposed as a result of its 2014 annual audit. Source: Mekong Watch

contract farming model 2+3 Source: Lao PDR Forest Plantation Policy Background Paper