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The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) notes with regret that Greenpeace International has chosen the occasion of the 7th Meeting of the Conference of Parties on Biological Diversity (COP7) to continue its attempts to dismiss the serious and substantive efforts of the stakeholder groups involved in the various consultations related to the implementation of timber certification …

MTCC’S Response To Greenpeace International's Leaflet Dated January 2004 Read More »

In a recent move, the Danish Ministry of the Environment has included the MTCC timber certification scheme as one of the accepted schemes in its Environmental Guidelines for Purchasing Tropical Timber. The Guidelines have been published by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and the DanishForest and Nature Agency, and is the result of deliberation of …

Danish Government Accepts MTCC Scheme Read More »

Another four State forest management units (FMUs), namely Johor, Kedah, Perak and Negeri Sembilan, were recently awarded the Certificate for Forest Management by the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) under its timber certification scheme.  The Certificate provides the assurance of legal and sustainable source. Since the operation of the MTCC scheme in October 2001 using …

More Forest Areas And Timber Companies Certified Read More »

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) Board of Trustees at its 19th meeting held on 31 July 2003 decided to use the new standard (MC&I), that has been developed using the Principles and Criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as the template, for the next phase of the MTCC certification scheme beginning January 2005. …

MTCC To use New FSC-Compatible MC&I by January 2005, 26 August Read More »