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MTCC's Reply To 'The Star' Article Rewriting The Rules – Forestry Guidelines

The Editor, Star Two, The Star Menara Star, 15 Jalan 16/11, 46350 Petaling Jaya. Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article on Rewriting the rules – Forestry guidelines by Natalie Heng that appeared in the Star 2 on 1 November 2011. The article unfortunately did not present the correct information regarding the cooperation between …

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MICCOS 2011!!

Organised for the fourth time, the Malaysia International Commodity Conference & Showcase (MICCOS) 2011 is the premier event on Malaysian Commodities. MICCOS 2011 is a biennial event organised by the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities and its agencies to bring together major industry players and entrepreneurs in the commodities sector to publicise the latest …

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Efforts Towards Sustainable Forestry Management Undermined by SMK Decision

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 …

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PEFC Launches Global Consultation on Tropical Natural Forests

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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Basis of TPAC decision questioned by MTCC

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 …

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