Logging licences still being issued
KUCHING: The Sarawak Forest Department, in line with the state government’s policy, does not issue new long-term licences for logging activities anymore, says director Datuk Hamden Mohammad. However, short-term and annual licences were still being issued, he said, but these were mainly for the development of an area taking into account the duration of the […]
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 […]
