Monday, November 2, 2015
Double A appreciated the delegation from the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) International led by Mr. Richard Laity, Project and Development Consultant of PEFC International – Southeast Asia, to its integrated pulp and paper mill.
The delegation consists of 25 participants from PEFC Pilot Project in Laos who are just learning about Trees outside Forest, Quality Management Systems (QMS) and certification, and Thailand Forestry Certification Scheme members from Request for Proposal (RFP), Kasetsart University Faculty of Forestry (KUFF) and Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI).
The visit was organized as a special platform for capacity building and knowledge-sharing where the delegates can learn and know how Trees outside Forest (TOF) is managed by an established company, and how they can apply the knowledge and expertise to manage TOF in Laos. Trees outside Forest refer to ‘trees on land not defined as forest and other wooded land’. This includes agro-forestry. During the visit, Double A presented its efficient and sustainable resource utilization management under the concept ‘No Waste is Wasted’ through a 4D presentation. Double A highlighted how it turns its wastes from the pulping process such as barks, oversized wood chips and black liquor into renewable biomass. Electricity from renewable biomass is used throughout Double A mill, while the excess is sold to the local grid.
The delegates also witnessed Double A’s research and development laboratory where it breeds its paper trees.
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