National Timber Certification Council Malaysia

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council is an independent non-profit organisation established to plan and operate a voluntary national timber certification scheme to provide assurance to buyers of Malaysian timber products that the products have been sourced from sustainably managed forests. It has a Board of Trustees comprising representatives from academic and research and development institutions, the timber industry, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and government agencies.

1. NEPCon - First Overseas-Based Assessor Company Registered with MTCC
MTCC has approved the registration of the first overseas-based independent assessor for chain-of-custody
certification under the MTCC timber certification scheme. NEPCon (Nature, Ecology and People Consult),
an organization in Denmark is the first overseas-based assessor to be registered following the decision of
the MTCC to amend its procedures in 2004 to allow applications for registration of overseas-based assessors.
In a related development, the first shipment of MTCC-certified sawn timber to Denmark took place in August 2005.
The cumulative export volume of MTCC-certified sawn timber to Denmark until October 2005 is 128 m³.

2. Asia Plywood Company Sdn. Bhd. - Certificate for Chain-of-Custody No.063 (31 October 2005)

3. MTIB-MTCC's response to Greenpeace International's Report "Missing Links" (23 August 2005)

4. Asia Plywood Company Sdn. Bhd. - Certificate for Chain-of-Custody No.063 (16 August 2005)

5. Asia Plywood Company Sdn. Bhd. - Certificate for Chain-of-Custody No.063 (3 August 2005)

6. Samling response to NGOs reports on its Certified FMU (July 2005)

7. MTCC's response to Greenpeace Report "Missing Link" (20 May 2005)

8. Information update on MTCC Scheme & Sela'an Linau FMU
- MTCC Scheme(3 March 2005)
- Sela'an Linau FMU(3 March 2005)

9. Press Release: Sela'an Linau FMU First to be MTCC-certified in Sarawak (4 January 2005)

latest update : 29 December 2005