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The Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Forest Plantations) [MC&I(Forest Plantations)] which is the standard for assessing the management practices of plantation forests under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS), operated by MTCC since 2009, is due for its first review in 2013. While no application has been received to certify plantation forest …

Review of Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Forest Plantations) [MC&I (Forest Plantations)] Read More »

Kriteria dan Petunjuk bagi Pensijilan Pengurusan Hutan Malaysia (Ladang Hutan) [MC&I(Ladang Hutan)] adalah standard yang digunakan untuk tujuan pensijilan pengurusan hutan di bawah Skim Pensijilan Kayu Malaysia (MTCS) yang dioperasikan oleh MTCC sejak tahun 2009. Sungguh pun tiada permohonan diterima bagi pensijilan di bawah standard ini, penyemakan standard ini adalah selaras dengan amalan antarabangsa di …

Semakan Semula Kriteria Dan Petunjuk bagi Pensijilan Pengurusan Hutan Malaysia (Ladang Hutan) [MC&I (Ladang Hutan)] Read More »

Mr. Yong Teng Koon, MTCC’s Senior Manager (Forest Management) has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for MTCC with effect from 1 January 2013. He succeeds the current CEO, Mr. Chew Lye Teng, who will be retiring on 31 December 2012, after serving as the CEO for 14 years since 1999. Mr. Yong …

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MTCC is pleased to announce that the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) has endorsed the MC&I(Forest Plantations) as part of the PEFC endorsed Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS), with effect from 20 July 2012.

This is to announce that the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) will be conducting two auditor training courses on forest management certification related to the use of the two forest management standards under the MTCS.

Today PEFC Chair, William Street, received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for his efforts on behalf of IKEA’s workers in Danville Virginia, USA. The award is bestowed by an independent NGO, American Rights At Work and recognizes those who advance human rights for workers…

The forest management certification standard entitled Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification(Natural Forest)or in short MC&I(Natural Forest), replaces the MC&I(2002), which has been revised based on international practice and the standard setting process for the development of certification standards under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) where it is required that any certification …

Transition Plan from the Use of the MC&I (2002) to the MC&I (Natural Forest) under the MTCS Read More »

REMINDER REVIEW OF THE MALAYSIAN CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION (FOREST PLANTATIONS) [MC&I(FOREST PLANTATIONS)] FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT (Comment Period: 15 January – 16 March 2013) This reminder serves to inform all stakeholder groups that we are more than half way through and will soon be reaching the deadline for the first 60-day public …

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MTCC wishes to inform all the PEFC certificate holders and notified certification bodies that the MTCC Board of Trustees at its 49th meeting on 6 December 2011 has adopted the revised document dealing with application to use the PEFC Logo under the MTCS, entitled Issuance of PEFC Logo Usage Licenses by MTCC (LG 3/2011). The …

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This is to inform that the Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Natural Forest) or in short the MC&I(Natural Forest) has been adopted by the MTCC Board of Trustees at its Forty-Ninth Meeting held on 6 December 2011 as the standard for the certification of natural forest at the forest management unit (FMU) …

Use of MC&I (Natural Forest) for Certification of Natural Forest in Malaysia Read More »