Forest management certification compulsory for all logging areas in Sarawak from 2022


Hamden (second from right) and WWF-Malaysia's Sarawak conservation head Jason Hon (right) looking at a display of Penan handicraft at the Kuba'an-Puak project finale workshop in Kuching.

KUCHING: All long-term forest timber licence areas in Sarawak must obtain forest management certification by 2022, says state Forest Department director Hamden Mohammad.

He said this was part of the state government's commitment to ensure that forests and their resources are managed in a sustainable manner.

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