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MTCC shares experience on timber certification with ASEAN senior forestry officials

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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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MTCC Photography Contest 2017

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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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Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of MTCC

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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.

Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme fully accepted in The Netherlands

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On 18 January 2017, following a parliamentary debate, the Government of The Netherlands announced the full acceptance of the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) under the Dutch Public Procurement Policy for Sustainable Timber.     The Dutch Minister for the Environment, Sharon Dijksma of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment had earlier made the decision to …

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Withdrawal of the Certificate for Forest Management of the Kelantan State FMU

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The Certificate for Forest Management for the Kelantan State FMU has been withdrawn by SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd with effect from 23 November 2016. The withdrawal of the Certificate was due to the failure of Kelantan State Forestry Department in resolving satisfactorily the major non conformity raised in the surveillance audit. With the withdrawal …

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MTCC PRESENTS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS TO UNDERGRADUATES

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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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Consideration and Decision on Comments Received During the First Public Comment period for the Review of MC&I(Natural Forest)

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Comments received during the First Public Comment period for the Review of MC&I(Natural Forest) conducted from 16 November 2015 to 15 January 2016, were tabled for the consideration and decision of the First Meeting of the Standards Review Committee (SRC) held from 12 – 14 April 2016 in Kuala Lumpur. The outcome of the deliberations …

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MTCC FACILITATES WORKSHOP FOR UPM FORESTRY STUDENTS

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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 …

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