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40 from Sarawak for national forestry conference

KUCHING: About 40 senior officers of the state Forest Department will participate in the four-day 19th Malaysian Forestry Conference (19th MFC) beginning on Sunday (June 12 to 15) in Kuantan. The Sarawak delegation led by Forest Department director Datuk Hamden Mohammad is scheduled to present a plenary working paper, achievements of the 18th MFC resolution, […]

Tree plantation needed to ‘feed’ industrial need

KUCHING: Tree plantation is needed to ‘feed’ industrial needs, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing. “We were told that out of 7.7 million hectares of forest covered areas in Sarawak, 2.1 million are under planted forest. “Apart from planting industrial trees like acacia and eucalyptus, big areas are devoted […]

Forest Department staff distributes bubur lambuk

KUCHING: Persatuan Kebajikan Islam Jabatan Hutan Sarawak (Perkijap) recently distributed bubur lambuk (savoury porridge) to frontliners, welfare institutions and members of the public. Perkijap, in a statement on Monday (May 10), revealed that the programme including iftar with staff of Sarawak Forest Department on duty in Sarawak Forest Headquarters and Federal Forest Department was organised […]

Ensuring safe habitat for wildlife

The Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) maintains a keen focus on its comprehensive forest restoration plans which benefit nature as well as local communities. Its director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said among these plans was to conserve and increase the coverage of forested area in Malaysia through enrichment planting, adding that forested area is presently at 55.3 […]

Restoring, conserving our forests

The International Day of Forests, which is celebrated every year on March 21, is over, but integrated efforts to restore and conserve existing forests are never-ending. Restoration improves not only forest quantity and quality but also food security, air and water quality, climate change for the better, and more. The effort of restoring the ecological […]

Forest department firm in war on graft

KUCHING: The Forest Department Sarawak is serious about stamping out corruption in its offices throughout the state. The department’s director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said the department had published its Organisational Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP) and now has a number of Certified Integrity Officers (CeIO). “Through the restructuring of the department on Jan 2 last year, the […]

Giant croc rescued from trap in ditch

BINTULU: A wild crocodile was rescued on Thursday after it got caught in a trap inside a ditch of an oil palm estate at Jalan Coastal Road Bintulu. The reptile, estimated to be more than five metres long, was handed over to the Forest Department after a team of Batu Niah firemen with the help […]

Leverage on technology

MIRI: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has urged timber industry players to leverage on technology in forest plantation development as well as to improve timber product diversification and utilisation. He said that technology such as hyperspectral could be used to monitor the incidence of pest and disease in large plantations, mapping of […]