MFCC News and Articles

This section contains MFCC news, Press Releases, and general updates and articles of interest and relevance to MFCC, timber legality and sustainable forest management (SFM) issues in Myanmar.

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  • Third MFCC Meeting

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-07-29

    Third MFCC Meeting Date : 18th July 2019 Venue : Director General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound MFCC arranged third internal meeting last week and all the head of MFCC including Chairman – U Khin Maung Yi – (Permanent Secretary of MONREC – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation) and

  • MFCC Participation in PEFC Accreditation Body training, Seoul, Korea

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-07-04

    This AB training is organized by Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and Korea Forestry Promotion Institute (KoFPI) in Forest Vision Center, Seoul, Korea on 24-25 June 2019. Accreditation Bodies, National Governing Bodies from the Asia-Pacific countries participated in this training. 38 participants joined this AB training. The

  • MFCC Delegations in Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (APFW, Incheon Korea 2019)

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-07-02

    Delegates from the Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC), comprising MFCC Secretary, CEO and Technical Officer of MFCC-PEFC project has attended the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (APFW 2019) in Incheon, Korea. The APFW (2019) and the 28thsession of the Asia Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) were jointly organized and hosted by the Korea

  • Discussion with Non-Timber Forest Product Exchange Programme

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-06-21

    Date : June 20, 2019 Yesterday, MFCC met with Wai Yan Aung (Project Coordinator) and Emmanuelle Andaya, a consultant for NTFP-EP, doing a study on Non-Timber Forest Products Standards (NTFP) in the Philippines. The Non-timber Forest Product – Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) Asia is a regional non-government organisation working in the Asian

  • MFCC becomes 51st National Member of PEFC Alliance

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-06-20

    Myanmar Forest Certification Committee is very delighted to become the 51st national member of the PEFC Alliance as National Governing Body. As step moving forward to show MFCC’s commitment of Sustainable Forest Management. MFCC is collaborating with PEFC on a three-year project to support the Myanmar as it transitions to

  • Second Technical Working Group Meeting

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-06-03

    Date : 31st MAY 2019 Venue : MFCC Secretariat Office MFCC arranged second Technical Working Group meeting and all the head of MFCC including members from FD, MTE, DRI, NGO discussed and proposed how to expand the current scope of SFM for the natural forests, plantations and community forests(CF) and

  • Invitation for Public Consultation of Myanmar Sustainable Forest Management Standards

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-05-15

    Following a series of Stakeholder consultation – MFCC has produced two updated standards – Myanmar Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Natural Forest and Plantation – Sustainable Forest Management). In accordance with MFCC standard setting policy, MFCC would now like to invite stakeholders’ comments on those two standards before

  • PEFC Chain of Custody Auditor Training in Myanmar

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-05-09

    Location: Yangon, Myanmar Dates: 2-5 May 2019 The Auditor training took place in Yangon, 2-3 May 2019, with the field trip and demonstration audit to National Wood Industry on 4 May. This auditor training was organized by PEFC together with the Myanmar Forest Certification Committee. The training has been given

  • Project update for Stakeholders and Introduction of PEFC CoC

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-04-30

    Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC) April 30th2019 Yangon, Novotel Yangon Max Hotel, April 30th– MFCC and PEFC hosted a seminar to update progress on Working in Partnership to Bring Sustainable Management to Myanmar’s Forests, which is committed to supporting the ongoing reform process in Myanmar’s forest sector with a clear focus

  • Official Visit of Ben Gunneberg, PEFC, CEO and Secretary General

    Posted by webmaster on 2019-04-29

    Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC) April 29th 2019 NayPyiTaw, April 29th – PEFC International CEO and Secretary General Ben Gunnenberg pay an official visit to Myanmar at the end April and early May 2019. As part of the visit, Ben met with high level forestry representatives responsible for oversight of the MFCC/PEFC