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Sarawak ITP Certification

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Sarawak ITP Certification

ITPs established in areas converted from natural forests after 31 December 2010 are usually not eligible for certification. The Forest Department of Sarawak requires that all eligible areas must be certified by 2025.

Segan LPF/0014 was first certified in July 2014, the eligible part of Lana LPF/0006 was certified in May 2017 and that of Marudi LPF/0008 in January 2019. Kuala Baram LPF/0004 was certified in December 2022 and Paong LPF/0021 was certified in March 2024.

Public Summaries

There is a public summary for each of the forest plantation management plans for the MTCS certified industrial tree plantations (ITP) held under licence by the Samling Timber Malaysia.

The public summary for Samling ITPs certified under the PEFC endorsed MTCS may be viewed by clicking the relevant link below:

Paong LPF/0021
Kuala Baram LPF/0004
Marudi LPF/0008
Segan LPF/0014
Lana LPF/0006

Key Components of Public Summary

Forest Management Objectives

  • To employ sustainable forest management practices that are in compliance with the Malaysian Criteria & Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management (MC&I SFM) of the PEFC endorsed Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS).
  • To reduce the environmental impact of harvesting primarily by using the reduced impact logging system.

Economic Objectives

  • To maximise economic returns through cost efficient forest operations.
  • To add economic value through the supply of logs for downstream processing into plywood, sawn timber and semi-finished products.

Conservation and Protection Objectives

  • To protect the FMUs from encroachment.
  • Within the FMUs, to protect areas that have been identified as having high conservation value attributes .
  • To establish and protect a network of river buffer zones.
  • To maintain, and where possible enhance, the habitats of any rare, threatened and endangered species.

Socio-Economic Objectives

  • To provide employment opportunities for local communities.
  • To support FDS in encouraging communities in the FMUs and LPFs to form Community Representative Committees (CRC) and to establish Joint Consultative Committees (JCC) for our employees. The CRCs and JCCs are mechanisms for conflict management and resolution of grievances and complaints.

Monitoring

The terms of the Natural Resources and Environment Board’s (NREB) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate requires that Environmental Monitoring Reports (EMR) are prepared by approved 3rd party CBs who will at the same time undertake river water quality monitoring. This is normally done quarterly from a number of predetermined water sampling locations.
Read Our Monitorings :
Segan
Lana
Marudi
Kuala Baram
Paong

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