Forest Management Unit News Today

KOTA KINABALU: The controversial Nature Conservation Agreement (NCA) involving a two-million-hectare of state forest reserve for carbon credit trading cannot move forward as it was legally flawed.

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah is expected to get a revenue of between RM24 billion and RM30 billion per year within 10 years’ time from its Industrial Timber Policy (ITP) which is targeting to develop 400,000 hectares of timber plantations throughout the State.

Plantation and Commodities Ministry strengthens agricommodity exports

The biggest timber firm in Malaysia’s Sarawak state has been able to maintain sustainability certification despite clearing forests for oil palm plantations and skipping steps in informing affected communities, according to a recent report from NGOs focused on forest conservation and Indigenous rights. The report, by the Borneo Project and the Bruno Manser Fund, is […]

Kota Kinabalu: A full economic value chain is important to realise the full value of the Industrial Timber Plantation (ITP) in Sabah, according to Forest Solutions Malaysia Managing Director Glen Mac Nair.

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah earned some RM181 million in  forest revenue last year, 22 per cent more than the original annual target set by the State Forestry Department.

Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Forestry Department has officially measured the height of Mount Sinsing in Tambunan, the third tallest mountain in Malaysia, to be 2,586 metres in mean sea level (m.s.l.) terms.

KOTA KINABALU: The Murut people of Sabah’s interior are now hopeful of getting back their ancestral land in a longstanding dispute after the Chief Minister’s assurance that their native customary land rights would be protected.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's interior Murut folks are now hopeful of getting back their ancestral land with the Chief Minister's assurance to protect native customary land.

KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has promised to look into the plight of native Murut villagers, who claim their ancestral land is being “taken away” by a company tasked with carrying out sustainable forest management.