Deramakot Forest Reserve in Sabah is longest FSC-certified tropical forest in the world

Home minister cites 3.5 million foreigners as reason to stop automatic citizenship for permanent residents’ kids, insists won’t make them statelessThe Deramakot Forest Reserve, encompassing an area of 55,507 hectares of lowland mixed Dipterocarp forests in east-central Sabah, became the first model of a well-managed forest, certified under the Forest Stewardship Council scheme in 1997.

Datuk Frederick Kugan, the Chief Conservator of Forests of the Sabah Forestry Department, praised the efforts and hard work shown by all officers involved in maintaining the world standard of forest management in Deramakot, which is an outstanding achievement not only for Sabah and Malaysia but also for all the tropical forests in the world.The State Government initiated efforts to promote Sustainable Forest Management practices in 1989.

The Deramakot certification is a pivotal milestone that leads to the extension of forest management certification to other Forest Management Units , including the forest plantation areas managed by the SFM licensees.Thus far, the SFM system as Deramakot practices has multiplied to 43 Sustainable Forest Management Licence Agreements covering some 1.53 million hectares.

However, Sabah still faces challenges in obtaining FSC and MTCS-PEFC certification, especially for forest plantations. These certifications only allow the establishment of forest plantations before 2020 for FSC and 2010 for MTCS-PEFC, with a strict limit of five percent of forest conversion to forest plantation.

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