KUCHING: The state Forest Department wants timber companies to strike a balance with local communities in their operations in line with sustainable forest management (SFM) practices.
Its director, Sapuan Ahmad, said while the department acknowledged that permanent forest estates were important for economic activities such as logging, they were equally important for forest-dependent communities.
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