NABAWAN, July 25 — Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has urged all the timber industry players in Sabah to transform this industry by applying the Economic Value Chain concept which integrates both the upstream and downstream sectors.
Hajiji said this was his first such visit to a Sustainable Forest Management Licence Agreement concession area since becoming Chief Minister to see for himself the physical development under the Sabah Maju Jaya initiative in the forestry sector, i.e, the Forest Plantation Transformation through the Forest Plantation Development Action Plan 2022-2036, launched on last March 22.
“Between six and eight million cubic metres of timber supply are expected to be produced through the harvesting of 40,000 hectares of forest plantations each year.