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Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia

This paper discusses the licensing system of Malaysia's sawmilling and plywood industries which has grown in tandem with the massive land development program begun in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has contributed a significant amount of government revenue, employment opportunities and for...

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Main Authors: Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad, Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17415/1/Timber%20industries%20and%20licensing%20system%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.174152020-07-24T01:51:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17415/ Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi This paper discusses the licensing system of Malaysia's sawmilling and plywood industries which has grown in tandem with the massive land development program begun in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has contributed a significant amount of government revenue, employment opportunities and foreign exchange. Progressive development of the sector has been underpinned by various governmental policies and regulations to nurture legal timber supplies for down-stream processing as well as developing secondary and tertiary processing industries. Policies provide various incentives to modernize the industries in order to upgrade processing efficiency, diversification into value-added and quality products and reduction of processing residues. This includes wider use of the under-utilized timber species as part of an effort to attain a rational balance between national processing capacity and resource availability. Various strategies have been targeted to enhance efficient utilization of all forms of forest products from legal sources. In addition, timber production and licensing are now closely monitored and regulated throughout the supply chain management. Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia 2009-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17415/1/Timber%20industries%20and%20licensing%20system%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad and Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi (2009) Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia. The Malaysian Forester, 72 (1). pp. 87-95. ISSN 0302-2935
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description This paper discusses the licensing system of Malaysia's sawmilling and plywood industries which has grown in tandem with the massive land development program begun in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has contributed a significant amount of government revenue, employment opportunities and foreign exchange. Progressive development of the sector has been underpinned by various governmental policies and regulations to nurture legal timber supplies for down-stream processing as well as developing secondary and tertiary processing industries. Policies provide various incentives to modernize the industries in order to upgrade processing efficiency, diversification into value-added and quality products and reduction of processing residues. This includes wider use of the under-utilized timber species as part of an effort to attain a rational balance between national processing capacity and resource availability. Various strategies have been targeted to enhance efficient utilization of all forms of forest products from legal sources. In addition, timber production and licensing are now closely monitored and regulated throughout the supply chain management.
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author Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad
Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
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Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia
author_facet Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad
Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi
author_sort Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad
title Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia
title_short Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia
title_full Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia
title_fullStr Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Timber industries and licensing system in Malaysia
title_sort timber industries and licensing system in malaysia
publisher Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17415/1/Timber%20industries%20and%20licensing%20system%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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