Dramatic change in M’sia-China wood products trade
KUCHING: Trading in wood products between China and Malaysia, which marks 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year, has seen a dramatic change in recent years. For the past 14 years, China had been Malaysia’s largest trading partner but recently the trade in wood products between the two countries has changed dramatically, according to International […]
Sarawak forest management model for others to emulate
MIRI: Sarawak has always maintained a timber production volume of below 9.2 million cubic metres per annum as recommended by the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO). In disclosing this, Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said, findings from ITTO also reveal that Sarawak’s forest management can be a model for other countries to emulate. […]
US reduces plywood order
KUCHING: The United States of America has considerably reduced the imports of tropical hardwood plywood from Malaysia and Indonesia as it shifted to buy more from Vietnam and China in June 2022. US imports from Malaysia and Indonesia both plunged more than 40 per cent as the world’s largest economy’s overall imports of hardwood plywood […]
Cease statewide timber operations
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing has urged for timber operations to cease not only in Baleh but throughout the state. “However, it must strictly follow the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) rules,” he added. He stated that probing into the causes of the recent logjam Rajang River as urged by […]
Committed to less invasive logging methods
KUCHING: The Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) is committed to ensuring that the revised Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) guideline for Sarawak is on par with international standards. Its director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said the department had developed a guideline on RIL in 1999 based on the experience gained from two international collaboration projects — the Model […]
