Upper Baram IITO project terminated due to non-compliance by foreign NGO, Sarawak assembly hears


State Deputy Natural Resources and Urban Development Minister Datuk Len Talif Salleh addressing the Sarawak Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (May 20).

KUCHING: An International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) project in the Upper Baram Forest Area (UBFA) has been terminated due to non-compliance by a foreign NGO, the Sarawak legislative assembly was told on Tuesday (May 20).

State Deputy Natural Resources and Urban Development Minister Datuk Len Talif Salleh said the terminated project was the "Management of Upper Baram for Conservation and Sustainable Development with Involvement of Local Communities", which involved the Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF).

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