Sarawak’s timber exports earnings jump to RM376 mln
KUCHING: Sarawak’s export earnings from timber and timber products have leapt by about 25 per cent to RM376 million in January 2022 from RM301.5 million in the preceding month of December. Last month’s export revenue was also higher than RM225.9 million recorded in January 2021. The higher earnings were resulted from the significant increase in […]
Experts to discuss challenges facing forestry sector
KUCHING: Control Union (CU), a global leader in forest certification, will be hosting a webinar on ‘Future-Proofing Sarawak Forestry through Sustainability’ on Feb 15. This event aims to bring together all relevant forestry stakeholders to review and analyse key challenges facing the sector and ways to address them. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah […]
International collaborations in biodiversity conservation welcomed
KUCHING: Sarawak’s forestry sector aims to be globally recognised in sustainable management and biodiversity conservation while enhancing the rapid growth of its timber industry. Permanent secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development and Natural Resources (Mudenr), Datuk Zaidi Mahdi, said this was in line with one of Sarawak’s Post Covid-19 Development Strategy 2030’s aspirations to […]
Striking a balance towards sustainable development
Sarawak’s timber industry BY A STAFF WRITER THE timber industry has been under immense criticism and attack in recent years, helped no less by the well-funded non-governmental organisations whose only aim seems to be the cessation of all forms of timber cultivation in developing countries. Through well-organised campaigns that seek to strike at the conservation […]
Companies, individuals involved in timber industry must register with STIDC
KUCHING: Companies or individuals involved in the business of timber and timber products are required to register with the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC). This registration is intended as one of the methods for the state government to plan and monitor the timber industry in Sarawak more systematically, in line with the provisions of […]
Adjust to off-set downward trend
KUCHING: The state’s timber industry players were told to make some adjustments in their operations to counter the downward trend experienced by the industry since early this year. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said they should re-strategise their action plans, focus on higher productivity and reduce wastage. “They must also retool, […]
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 […]
Call to revamp timber industry
SIBU: The Sarawak government will study existing policies on the timber industry should there be a need to revamp the timber industry. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said this after Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) secretary-general Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi made a call to the state government to relook and revamp the […]
Adapt to new tech, forest and timber sector told
MIRI: The forest and timber sector should adapt to new technologies as Sarawak is embracing the industrial revolution (IR) 4.0 era, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. The state government, he said, was willing to consider allocating more funds to ensure that departments and related industries adapt to the latest digital […]
Timber still has potential for new investments
KUCHING: Despite the bleak outlook in the timber industry, Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) general manager Hashim Bojet said there was still some potential for investments. He said that this was in line with recent developments of consumer products in the global market. “Some of these include an increased demand for biomass products or […]
