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The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) regrets the decision of the SMK Board of Appeal to uphold the October 2010 Revised Final Judgement of the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) on the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). “MTCC concludes that the outcome of this process undermines the efforts, especially by developing tropical forest countries like …

Efforts Towards Sustainable Forestry Management Undermined by SMK Decision Read More »

PEFC has launched a global consultation on its technical document PEFC ST 1003:2010, Appendix 2: Additional interpretation and requirements for tropical natural forests and all stakeholder groups are encouraged to share their knowledge and expertise in this public consultation to ensure that the standard is well aligned with global and local expectations and provides an …

PEFC Launches Global Consultation on Tropical Natural Forests Read More »

The Final Draft of the MC&I(Natural Forest) was subjected to a final 60-day Third Public Comment from 14 May – 12 July 2011. The notification for the public comment on the Final Draft MC&I(Natural Forest) was made through the MTCC website, MTCC Newsletter, via e-mail as well as air-mail where soft/hard copies of the draft …

Announcement: Conclusion of Third Public Comment on Final Draft MC&I (Natural Forest) Read More »

THIRD PUBLIC COMMENT FINAL DRAFT OF THE MC&I(NATURAL FOREST) (comment period: 14 May – 12 July 2011) This announcement is to inform all stakeholder groups that we are now at more than the halfway mark for the review of the MC&I(2002) based on the third 60-day public comment period which has commenced on 14 May …

Reminder To Submit Comments on The Final Draft of MC&I (Natural Forest) Read More »

THIRD PUBLIC COMMENT FINAL DRAFT OF THE MC&I(NATURAL FOREST) (Comment Period: 14 May – 12 July 2011) The Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification [MC&I(2002)] which is the standard used for forest management certification under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) since October 2005 is being subjected to its first review. This review …

Annoucement : Review of the MC&I(2002) – Third Public Comment (14 May -12 July 2011) Read More »

MTCC has issued a new normative document MC&I 2/2011 dated 16 February 2011 dealing with the Interpretation of Criterion 6.10 of the MC&I(2002). This document supersedes the normative document MC&I 2/2010 dated 7 April 2010. In addition, MTCC has also issued a guidelines document MC&I 3/2011 dated 16 February 2011 dealing with the Interpretation of …

New Normative and Guidelines Documents Related to MC&I(2002) Read More »

The Second Draft of the MC&I(Natural Forest) including the comments received from the various stakeholder groups obtained during the Second Public Comment stage, was subjected to three regional consultations in Sarawak, Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia. The regional consultations which were held in Kuching, Sarawak on 19-20 July, in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 22-23 July and …

Update on the Review of the MC&I(2002) Read More »

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) regrets the decision of the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) to change its Final Judgement on the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) based on the objection lodged by several NGOs. “MTCC concludes that the outcome of this objection process is not helpful  to the efforts to achieve sustainable …

Basis of TPAC decision questioned by MTCC Read More »

One of the first PEFC-certified sawn timber consignments from Malaysia has arrived at the port of Antwerp in Belgium. The shipment of 12 tons of Dark Red Meranti (DRM) was exported by the PEFC chain of custody certified company, Low Fatt Wood Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Logo Licence no. PEFC/34-31-079) to Denderwood West Flanders, one of …

PEFC-Certified timber from Malaysia Arrives in Belgium Read More »

In view of the fact that the transition of the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) to fully comply with the requirements of the PEFC has been completed, MTCC has amended its scheme document MTCS 1/2009 entitled The Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) and its Implementation Arrangement dated 19 May 2009 to remove the sections dealing …

Amendment to Scheme Document – MTCS 1/2009 Read More »