The first forest farm in Southwest China-East China Wood Industry Lufeng Village Forest Farm obtained FSC-FM certificate

Kunming Huadong Wood Industry Co., Ltd. contracted 53,000 mu of woodland in the state-owned Lufeng Forest Farm in Yiliang County for management. According to the requirements of the FSC certification preliminary review, Lufeng Village...

Sustainable forest management is an advanced forest management model. FSC forest certification has been promoted and implemented in many countries, which has had a great impact on forest management and international trade of forest products. Carrying out forest certification is the only way for my country's forest management work to be in line with international standards. It will play an important role in promoting sustainable forest management in my country, better protecting the ecological environment, and realizing the overall development of forestry. Under the guidance of relevant experts in forestry, environment, ecology, and society, in accordance with the requirements of relevant national laws and regulations, technical specifications, industry standards and FSC forest certification management principles, the company has achieved high quality and high level in Shanghai Qiangjing Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. With the support of our professional team, the forest environment and social impact assessment report of Lufeng Village Forest Farm was successfully completed. The sustainable forestry management is a advanced manage mode, Forest authentication has been popularize and actualize in many country, and had bring prodigious effect for international trade. To be forest certificate is a pathway to connect our management level with international, and have a important purpose to promote the sustainable with entironment protection and forestry management and development. Huadong and Lufeng farm depend on the expertise, experience and even attitude with forest scientist, agronomist, ecologist and environmentalist etc, according to the required with national laws, standard and FSC principle, to achieve the “Environmental and Social Impacts analysis report for Lufeng forest project”.

Kunming Huadong Wood Industry Co., Ltd. was established in 1995 and currently has 150 employees. It is located in Minbo Town, Xijiao, Kunming City. It covers an area of 25,000 square meters and a building area of 7,000 square meters. The company is mainly dedicated to the professional production of wooden doors and related accessories; At the end of 2007, the company signed a 30-year forestry contracting contract of 5,3153.2 acres covering five forest areas with Lufeng Village Forest Farm in Yiliang County for forest management; Kunming Huadong Woods Ltd. established in 1995 with about 150 employees, Locate in Mingbo Xijiao Kunming Yunnan China, Which occupies more than 5,000 square meters with the building area of 3,000 square meters; Company is manufacturer specializing in the production of wooden doors and veneer. At the end of 2007, they signed a 30 years business agreement with five forest area of Lufung village forest in order to manage more than 53153.2 Mu (3543 ha) of their licensed forest stated owned FM company.

The Lufeng Village State-owned Forest Farm was established in 1950. It is located in the central Yunnan region of Yunnan Province, south of Yiliang County, Kunming City, at the junction of the middle reaches of the Nanpan River and the Bajiang River. "—103°16′06″ North latitude 24°26′11″—24°30′08″. The climate is mild and humid, with four distinct seasons, and the annual rainfall is about 1000mm; the annual average temperature in the area is 16.3ºC, and the annual average relative humidity is 75%; The State Lufung village forest was established in 1950, The forest property is located at longitude 103°00′ 02″－103°16′06″and latitude 24°26′11″－24°30′08″ in the southern part of subtropical monsoons weather region in China, The climate is gentle and wet. The four seasons of the climate are clearly distinguished. The annual rainfall averages is 1000 mm. The temperatures range from -10 °C to 35.0°C, relative humidity at 75%.

The forest farm currently operates a total area of 107,300 acres, and the total forest area of the company's application for certification this time is 5,3153.2 acres. The area of forest land is 46637.5 mu, and the stock volume of standing trees is 229977 cubic meters. Mainly distributed in Shilin County and Yiliang County, there are five forest management areas and a total of 20 management employees; the forest land is mainly coniferous forest and coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest. The State Lufung village forest managing 7 107300Mu (153,33 ha) lands. At present Huadong company-Lufeng Farm manages 53153.2 mu(3543 ha) of land, among those the forested area is about 46637.5mu(3109.2ha), stock volume is 2,29977 m3. The forest set up 5 management areas, and main distributing in Shilin county and Yiliang county. The forests in this area were typically with conifers or some parts of mixed forests of broadleaf and conifers;

The soil of Lufeng Village Forest Farm is mainly red loam and red loess. The distribution of red loam is low, below 1,500 meters above sea level. Red loess is mainly distributed in areas with slopes of 15-35° and above 1,700 meters above sea level; the main is rich in water resources; soil types are red yellow earth usually exist below 1500 meter above sea level with the PH at 5-5.5 which is adapted to the forest of fir, pine and tea etc., and the yellow earth exist above the 1700 meters, gradient at 15- 35°, with PH at 4.5-5.5, where the fir dominate as the major forest. Water resource is very rich in this region.