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Contest Spreads the Love for Forests among Nature-Loving, Photography Buffs

Kuala Lumpur, 22 August 2020 – Sometimes it only takes a photograph to spark an interest or create a passion or deeper appreciation in a particular subject. A photograph triggers emotion and mood, narrates a story and most of all, inspires – All the elements which are inherent and stunningly reflected in the winning photographs …

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3 Days to Go: MTCC Photography Contest 2020 Prize-Giving Ceremony Going Hybrid This Saturday

Kuala Lumpur, 19 August 2020 – The MTCC Photography Contest 2020 is set to be a momentous one as the prize-giving ceremony will be held as a hybrid affair on 22 August, in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting new normal in event-organising. Themed “Experience Forest, Experience MTCS-PEFC” and conducted from 22 April …

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Commentary: PROCESSES INVOLVED IN GRANTING CERTIFICATION UNDER THE MTCS

On 22 June 2020, a non-governmental organisation, SAVE Rivers, protested the granting of forest management certification under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) to Samling Plywood (Miri) Sdn Bhd – Gerenai Forest Management Unit (Gerenai FMU), alleging that the certification was issued without meeting the requirements as outlined in the MTCS. It also called for …

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MTCC Conducts Webinar on Revised Standard

MTCC conducted a webinar to introduce the Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management or in short, the MC&I SFM to its various stakeholders on July 21.  About 140 participants from government agencies, social and environmental interest groups, industry, certification bodies, academic institutions as well as students from the Peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak participated …

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Gaat-Mengiong and Entulu Melatai FMU Awarded MTCS Certification

MTCC is pleased to announce that following successful certification audit conducted in 2019 by SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd, the Gaat-Mengiong Forest Management Unit (FMU) under Billion Venture Sdn Bhd and Entulu Melatai FMU under Interglobal Empire Sdn Bhd have been awarded the Certificate for Forest Management (Natural Forest) on 9 July 2020 and 23 July …

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Johor FMU and Sapulut FPMU Awarded MTCS Certification

MTCC is pleased to announce that the Johor Forest Management Unit (FMU) and Sapulut Forest Development Sdn Bhd Forest Plantation Management Unit (Sapulut FPMU) have been awarded the Certificate for Forest Management (Natural Forest) and the Certificate for Forest Management (Forest Plantation.v2) respectively on 3 July 2020. The Certificates were awarded by SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd …

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Giving a voice to the people: How forest certification improves lives

Join us next Wednesday for our latest ‘In conversation with…’ webinar! We’ll be joined by Coen van der Veer from Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI) to discuss how forest certification improves the lives of the people living and working in the forest. The webinar is free to attend and takes place 15 July at …

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Introduction to MC&I Sustainable Forest Management Webinar

MTCC will be organising a webinar to introduce the new MC&I Sustainable Forest Management standard and its requirements on 21 July 2020 (Tuesday) from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm on Zoom. The MC&I Sustainable Forest Management (MC&I SFM) which is the outcome of the review of MC&I(Natural Forest) incorporating requirements from MC&I Forest Plantation.v2 was approved …

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