Forest Management Certification

Sarawak has enforced a new policy direction on forest management certification to strenghten its determination to manage the forest in a sustainable manner. Forest Management Certification is mandatory for all long term timber licenses in Sarawak . The State target is to have all the long term timber licenses to obtain their certification by 2022.

13 FMUs had been certified covering a total area of 1,274,022 hectares as at 1^st May 2020.

No.	FTL	FMU	Timber Group	Area Size (ha)
1	T/4317	Anap-Muput	Shin Yang	83,5352
2	T/0294	Ravenscourt	Samling	117,941
3	T/3491	Kapit	Ta Ann	149,756
4	T/3228	Linau	Shin Yang	72,685
5	T/0280 & T/9115	Ulu Trusan	Samling	92,751
6	T/0560	Raplex	Ta Ann	63,993
7	T/3433	Melatai Para	STIDC	49,524
8	T/3135	Pasin	Ta Ann	132,151
9	T/0413	Gerenai	Samling	148,305
10	T/3400	Gaat-Mengiong	S.T.I.D.C	66,190
11	T/3476	Entulu-Melatai	Interglobal Empire	55,112
12	T/3342	Danum	Shin Yang	200,383
13	T/3361	Mujong-Melinau	Subur Tiasa Holding	41,696
	Total			1,274,022

2.1 Forest Management Certification Scheme and Standards

There are two FMC schemes being used in Malaysia. There are the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) affiliated to Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

In Sarawak, most of the certified FMUs are based on the Malaysian Criteria and Indicators (2012, Natural Forest).

FMC process as outlined by Malaysian Timber Certification Council