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Issue date: 
November 17, 2011

Progress Has Been Made In Negotiations Of VPA With EU

Malaysia and the European Union (EU) have made progress in talks on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok.

However, he said, the different forestry laws in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak, needed to be ironed out before an agreement could be reached.

Issue date: 
November 1, 2011

Logging with care

THE FIRST tropical rainforest in the world to be certified under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards for sustainable forest management is in Sabah, Malaysia.

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October 18, 2011

Forests to tree farms

We are losing our natural forests to tree plantations yet on paper, all is well because these plantations are considered ‘forests’.

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August 06, 2011

Warning on Ta Ann practices

A MALAYSIAN parliamentarian has visited Tasmania's native forests with a warning over timber company Ta Ann's business operations in his home country.

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08-03-2011

FRA Claims Timbergrow Limited Purchase Could Be Good for Sustainability

Seattle, WA, August 03, 2011 -- A Malaysian forestry firm has bought a large portion of forest land in New Zealand, which could boost sustainable forestry in the region, according to Forestry Research Associates (FRA).

Issue date: 
18-07-2011

Struggle about sustainable forestry in Malaysia

Prof. dr. Helias Udo de Haes (CML), member of the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committtee (TPAC), describes the newest development on the advice of the committee about forestry in Malaysia to the Dutch government.

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July 15, 2011

KTS Plantation awarded outstanding forest management

OTA KINABALU: KTS Plantation Sdn Bhd was awarded the Certificate of Compliance by the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) for its outstanding performance in forest management, yesterday.

Issue date: 
07-12-2011

Malaysia is Making Progress with Forest Sustainability, says FRA

(openPR) - Forest Research Associates (FRA) supports Malaysia’s moves towards managed forestry. The Sabah region of Malaysia has almost 400,000 hectares of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) classified managed forests, making it the most sustainable region.

Seattle, WA, July 11, 2011 -- Forest Research Associates (FRA) supports Malaysia’s moves towards managed forestry. The Sabah region of Malaysia has almost 400,000 hectares of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) classified managed forests, making it the most sustainable region.

Issue date: 
7 July 2011

Malaysia picks industrialisation over natural treasures

The forest is dense, impenetrable beyond the cut trail, and the air is thick, hot and humid. What is most astounding is the noise of the insects and birds.

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June 03, 2011

Malaysia Gets RM43 Million ODA From EU

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia received RM43 million in official development aid (ODA) from the European Union (EU) last year to promote legal timber trade and sustainable forest management.

In a statement Friday, the EU Delegation to Malaysia said the EU was also funding projects for small and middle enterprises to commercialise products made of biomass and for making batik production cleaner and safer for the workers.

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