Sarawak palm oil ban aids the indigenous, but timber plantations still a major threat.

Samling response follows Baram community celebrating move as 'landmark victory'.

Many were likely complicit, especially in logging industry.

We are the last nomads and guardians of the forest, says Penan community.

'There is 'valid evidence' that the non-conformities were dealt with.'

Samling Group, however, says allegations are 'recycled'.

Samling fails to prove effective corrective actions for issues found in audits, group claims. 

Deforestation rules deliberate act to block market access to EU.

UPDATED 2.31PM | Complainants allege human rights violations.

'Hopefully, we will be able to steer this industry to greater heights,' he says.

Current procedures allow companies to continue forced labour, union harassment practices.

PARLIAMENT | Illegal logging must be immediately stopped, adds Jerantut lawmaker. 

They want the Dutch govt to suspend its endorsement of MTCS.

NWP Holdings Bhd (KLSE: 5025) (“NWP” or “Group”) has moved past the legal tussles involving its Board of Directors as legal suits were dropped following the reshuffling of its boardroom members.

This is to pave way for the disposal of the timber.

The ban was to ensure sufficient supply for its domestic industry.

They claim articles on the NGO's website are defamatory.

An environmentalist identifies the timber to be from the Chengal tree which he estimates at least 500 years old.

Logging concessions given to YNS since 2014 at quota of 2,500ha per year.

Of the amount, furniture products made up the highest export at RM9.14 billion, followed by plywood products, plantation industries minister says.

She's pleased Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali is going ahead with the policy she mooted last year - which he had criticised then.

LETTER | It cannot ignore the exploitative record of Malaysian companies in Papua New Guinea.

The state government is in the final process of restructuring the factory's operations.

LETTER | A definitive High Court decision on the ownership of Sabah Forest Industries will keep jobs safe, their union says.

LETTER | The idea that it can be transformed overnight by the adoption of the 'latest technology' is unrealistic.

LETTER | There is likely to be little or no development to turn the black gold into real gold.

Teresa Kok attributes this to a weak global economy and lingering international trade disputes.

Wong Tack to head Malaysian Timber Industry Board.

CM says there will be no more oil palm plantation licences, except for NRC land.

CM Shafie says the move is to ensure sufficient supply for domestic use.