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FLEGT in Malaysia

Serious outstanding issues must be resolved before a VPA can be signed. These include recognition of native customary rights and a stakeholder consultation process which is of major concern as it is failing to bring consensus or deal with long standing conflicts. The problem is most stark in the Malaysian State of Sarawak, which holds a large amount of the country’s forests, has a majority of indigenous peoples, and is home to over 150 court cases involving land claims.

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Documents

Voluntary Partnership Agreement Update
21/05/2012 English Cameroon, Central African Republic, Civil society publications, Colombia, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Ecuador, FLEGT, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Liberia, LoggingOff publications (including VPA counterbriefs), Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs)

Every six months FERN produces an update of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements. If you have an update to any of the information, please let us know by contacting info@fern.org.

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The FLEGT VPA process in Malaysia - next steps
15/07/2011 English Civil society publications, FLEGT, Indonesia, Malaysia

Although Malaysia was one of the first countries to start negotiating a VPA, it has not yet finalised an agreement. The Ministry of Plantations Industries and Commodities never developed a proper consultation process making Malaysia the exception when compared to other VPA countries. But the signing of the VPA with Indonesia and the adoption of the EU Timber Regulation - which could have an impact on the export from Malaysia to the EU as traders may be concerned about the risk of to importing illegal timber - has now led to renewed interest in Malaysia in signing a VPA with the EU.

application/msword iconThe FLEGT VPA Process in Malaysia next steps.doc86.5 KB bytes

What is the EU FLEGT?

25/08/2010 English Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Ecuador, FLEGT, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Vietnam

PDF version of the slideshow which appears on the FLEGT page

application/pdf icon2010.07.01 What is EU FLEGT_loggingoff1_rwil.pdf1.57 MB bytes

Press Release JOANGOHutan report on logging and rights
03/05/2010 English FLEGT, Malaysia
application/msword iconMal - Press release JOANGOHutan report on logging and rights 15-04-10.doc298.5 KB bytes

Logging in Sarawak - report by IDEAL
03/05/2010 English FLEGT, Malaysia

The research underlying the production of this report is coordinated by the Institute for Development of Alternative Livestyle Lifestyle (IDEAL) on behalf of JOANGOHUTAN. In this report, we argue that Malaysia, and more cogently the Sarawak state government, are in violation of national, state and international laws in recognising NCR, despite clear court decisions upholding NCR.

application/pdf iconMal - IDEAL report Logging in Sarawak.pdf393.56 KB bytes

Highlights of NGOs concerns on legal timber
03/05/2010 English FLEGT, Malaysia, Legality Assurance System (LAS), Legality Definition

Regarding definition of legal timber, concerns of Social NGOs expressed during the 3rd multi-stakeholder consultation, November 2007 including:

Statement on the signing of the FLEGT VPA
20/11/2009 English FLEGT, Malaysia

The MPIC has furnished us with their responses dated Nov 17, 2008 to the two documents submitted during our dialogue with them. We however found that the reply from MPIC has failed to adduce any new information on the range of issues raised, apart from the positive inclusion of the Aboriginal Peoples’ Act 1954 in Principle 4 (Peninsular Malaysia) into the TLAS.

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