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Kuala Lumpur, 28 November 2017 – Timber concessions in Sarawak will be required to obtain forest management certification under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) to demonstrate that they are responsibly managed. The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) applauds this commitment made by the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, …

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MTCC Recognises Outstanding Achievements Of UMS And UPM Graduates Kuala Lumpur, 27 November 2017 – The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), in an effort to promote academic excellence and inculcate a love for forests amongst university students, recently presented Academic Awards to three forestry undergraduates from two local universities. The 2017 Awards were won by …

MTCC PRESENTS ACADEMIC AWARDS TO EXEMPLARY FORESTRY STUDENTS FROM UMS AND UPM Read More »

Kuala Lumpur, 19 November 2017 – The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), in an effort to promote academic excellence and inculcate a love for forest,  presented the Freezailah Forest Sustainably Award to Lim Mee Ching, a final year student from the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS). The academic Award …

UMS FORESTRY SCHOLAR NAMED RECIPIENT OF FREEZAILAH FOREST SUSTAINABILITY AWARD Read More »

Kuala Lumpur, 7 November 2017 – Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) took part in the Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair (KLESF) 2017 in an effort to create greater awareness and inculcate passion and love for the forests and their sustainability among the primary and secondary students. Interactive activities on practices of sustainable forest management (SFM) were …

MTCC INSTILS AWARENESS ON SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN Read More »

MTCC Supports Malaysia’s Commitment to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals  Kuala Lumpur, 10 October 2017 – The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which comprises a set of 17 global goals challenge us to find ways to improve the lives of people today and in the future.  Goal 11 of the SDGs focuses on ‘Sustainable Cities …

MTCC ADVOCATES SUSTAINABLE TIMBER TO BUILD GREENER CITIES AT IGEM 2017 Read More »

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, …

MTCC PROMOTES MTCS-CERTIFIED TIMBER PRODUCTS AT EUROPE’S LARGEST GARDEN EXPO IN GERMANY Read More »

MTCC in collaboration with MTIB will be organising a half-day briefing and consultation session for chain of custody certificate holders under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). The briefing and consultation session will be held as follows:-             Date           : 19 September 2017 (Tuesday)             Time          : 8.30 a.m – 1 p.m             Venue       : …

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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 …

Royal Selangor Obtains MTCS Certification Read More »

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 …

MTCC shares experience on timber certification with ASEAN senior forestry officials Read More »

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)          …

MTCC Photography Contest 2017 Read More »