Telangana State Forest Development Corporation bags Forest Stewardship Council approval to use its logo

Telangana Today
February 23, 2023
Category: Forestry
Region: International

Hyderabad, India: The Telangana State Forest Development Corporation(TSFDC) has bagged the prestigious Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)’s certification to use its logo on natural bamboo, nuts and roundwood (logs) for a period of five years. TSFDC is raising eucalyptus, bamboo, teak and mango trees in different areas spread over 75 acres in the State. Of these, the FSC certification has been approved for the trees being raised in 45,000 acres in Kothagudem, Paloncha and Sathupally divisions. The FSC certification will further boost the standards and brand image of TSFDC products internationally. This will further aid in disposing the FSC certification bamboo and wood to leading multinational companies IKEA. …FSC certification has been approved for the paper, tetra packs and mixed wood manufactured from forest products, officials told Forest Minister A Indrakaran Reddy at Aranya Bhavan here on Thursday.

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