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MTCC Appoints First Regional Representative in East Malaysia

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) has appointed Abraham Ngu as its Regional Representative (East Malaysia) effective 1 March 2022.  Born and bred in Kuching, Sarawak, Abraham graduated from Wesleyan University with a Bachelors of Arts (Hon) in Chemistry, where he was also a recipient of the Freeman Asian scholarship. He then studied forest management …

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Webinar on “Future-Proofing Sarawak Forestry through Sustainability” 

For a long time, the forest and forest industry sector has been an important foreign-exchange earner for Sarawak. However, the forest areas has declined at an alarming rate. According to Global Forest Watch (GFW) from 2001 to 2020, Malaysia lost 8.39Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 29% decrease in tree cover since 2000, and …

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Revised MTCS Technical Documents – 2021

MTCC wishes to inform all stakeholders that the MTCC Board of Trustees at its 89th Meeting on 30 September 2021 has adopted the revised MTCS Technical Documents as listed below: MTCS ST 1001:2021 – Standard Setting Procedures for Forest Management Certification Standards MTCS ST 1003:2021 – Group Forest Management Certification – Requirements  Minor amendments were made to both …

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Kedah FMU Recertified

MTCC is pleased to announce that the Kedah Forest Management Unit (FMU) managed by the Kedah State Forestry Department has been granted certification against the requirements of the Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (MC&I SFM) standard on 1 October 2021. The certificate covering an area of 341,976 ha natural forests within the …

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MTCC Releases Updated Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (MC&I SFM) Standard

Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is pleased to announce the release of the MTCS ST 1002:2021 – an updated version of the Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (MC&I) SFM) – as the certification standard for sustainable management of natural forest and forest plantation under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). In order to …

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