THE Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) plans to use a new standard that has been developed using principles and criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as the template for the next phase of its certification scheme, Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said.
He said this when outlining Malaysia's sustainable forest management, MTCC's timber certification scheme and Malaysia's timber trade with Denmark at a dialogue session in Copenhagenon on Tuesday.