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The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) participated in SPOGA+Gafa, Europe’s largest garden expo, for the seventh consecutive year to promote timber and timber-related products sourced from sustainably managed Malaysian tropical forests. In addition to building greater awareness and access for MTCS-PEFC certified timber and timber-based products, MTCC took the opportunity to educate delegates including legislators, …

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Center: Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong, awards the MTCS Chain of Custody certificate to (second from left) Royal Selangor International Executive Director, Mr Yong Yoon Li. Witnessing the event are (extreme left) Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Puan Zurinah Pawanteh; SGS Malaysia General Manager, Mr …

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YB Dato Sri visited the MTCC booth accompanied by Dato’ Nor Akhirrudin Mahmud (Director General, Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia) and Dr Megat Sany, Undersecretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Kuala Lumpur, 7 Aug 2017 – The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) participated in an exhibition held in conjunction with the 20th ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry …

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The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) in collaboration with PCP Publications is organizing the inaugural MTCC Photography Contest as an initiative to raise awareness on the invaluable benefits of our tropical forest as well as to promote the importance of sustainable forest management through forest certification. The photography contest consists of three (3) categories:- A)          …

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The Eighteenth Annual General Meeting was held on 22 June in Kuala Lumpur during which the Audited Accounts of the MTCC for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2016 together with the Reports of the Trustees and Auditors, and the Annual Report for the year 2016, were tabled and adopted.

UPM and UMS Students Receive Award from MTCC for Outstanding Academic Performance Kuala Lumpur, 28 November 2016 – Aimed at inspiring a new generation of forestry talents, the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) recently presented its inaugural MTCC Academic Award to three undergraduates from two local universities.  One was from the Faculty of Science and …

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Kuala Lumpur, 14 October 2016 – Over 120 students participating in the Forestry Students Camp organised by the University Putra Malaysia (UPM) had the opportunity to learn more about the importance of sustainable forest management of Malaysian forests through timber certification from the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC). “Conserving our forests is critical to ensuring …

MTCC FACILITATES WORKSHOP FOR UPM FORESTRY STUDENTS Read More »

Published by Borneo Post Online August 26, 2016, Friday SANDAKAN: The 16th Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Forestry Camp was launched on Tuesday at KTS Plantation Sdn Bhd (KTS) in Segaliud Lokan Forest Reserve (SLFR) Forest Management Unit (FMU) 19B. It marked another milestone for Sabah’s forest industry with an innovative collaboration between the Sabah Forestry …

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The Second Meeting of the SRC held on 21-23 September 2016 at RH Hotel, Sibu, Sarawak and was attended by a total of 19 participants comprising Members, Alternate Members and Observers. The SRC deliberated on the merging of MC&I(Natural Forest) and MC&I Forest Plantation.v2, where the wording of the Principle, Criteria, Indicator and Verifier of …

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INAUGURAL MTCC ACADEMIC AWARD  ACKNOWLEDGING OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND PROMOTING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) launches its inaugural MTCC Academic Award in 2016 to recognise outstanding undergraduate students in forestry-related courses in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).  “The MTCC Academic Award aims to promote academic excellence by acknowledging students …

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