KOTA KINABALU: Year 2013 has been a record of sorts for Sabah because for the first time in perhaps 50 years, no short-term logging or Form I licences have been issued in forest reserves.
This was part of a deliberate policy to bring down timber harvesting volumes in natural forests to sustainable levels through various measures, said State Forestry Department director Datuk Sam Mannan.
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