Taking into account current developments and perspectives of various stakeholders, the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) will be organising the MTCC Stakeholder Dialogue 2022 on “Certification of Forest Plantations (Post 2010) and Guidance on Non-Timber Forest Products” The Dialogue is set to gather Malaysian stakeholders who have interest in or involved in the implementation of …
Kuala Lumpur, 24 September – The fifth edition of the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) Photography Contest 2022 successfully concluded with 33 winners received their prizes at a prize-giving ceremony held in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival (KLPF) 2022 at Viva Shopping Mall here earlier today. The MTCC Photography Contest 2022 was held from …
Furniture designers, manufacturers and retailers play an essential part in the fight against climate change by sourcing wood from sustainably managed forests, which help to increase the capacity of forests to store CO2. The stored carbon will then remain in wooden furniture products throughout their lifetimes. So, how does it work? Do non-certified forests store CO2 the same way …
What does sustainability mean to you? Express your view via a short video and win awesome prizes! The inaugural MPOCC MTCC Video Competition 2022 is calling for Malaysia’s future agents of change to share their perspectives on sustainability through creative, impactful videos and be in the running to win attractive prizes worth RM10,000. The competition, …
New, Exciting Categories and Cash Prizes Await Contestants The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) Photography Contest 2022 kicks off today (22 April) in conjunction with Earth Day, calling for avid photographers to reunite with nature and capture their best shots of Mother Earth’s lush tropical rainforests and ecosystems in Malaysia. Carrying the theme ‘Experience Forest, …
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Briefing on PEFC International Chain of Custody Standard PEFC ST 2002:2020 Chain of Custody of Forest and Tree Based Products- Requirements and PEFC Trademark Rules PEFC ST 2001:2020 With reference to the above matter, MTCC wishes to inform you that we will be holding an online briefing session on the use of the revised PEFC …
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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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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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 …
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 …
