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| Chief Minister Musa Aman |
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- There is a big market for 'acacia
mangium' and the returns from the sales of the timber are attractive,
said Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
He said plantation owners and the Forest Management Unit's licence holders should plant 'acacia mangium' on a commercial scale to help drive the state's furniture industry.
"The state government, through its agencies, including the Sabah Forestry Development Authority, has already started to plant the 'acacia mangium'," he told reporters after officiating the seminar on the furniture industry here Monday.
Musa, who is also the state's finance minister, said the prospects of the furniture industry were bright with global furniture trade estimated at US$107 billion (RM328 billion).
He said the timber industry formed the backbone of Sabah's socio-economic development and was the key contributor to the state's revenue.
-- BERNAMA
He said plantation owners and the Forest Management Unit's licence holders should plant 'acacia mangium' on a commercial scale to help drive the state's furniture industry.
"The state government, through its agencies, including the Sabah Forestry Development Authority, has already started to plant the 'acacia mangium'," he told reporters after officiating the seminar on the furniture industry here Monday.
Musa, who is also the state's finance minister, said the prospects of the furniture industry were bright with global furniture trade estimated at US$107 billion (RM328 billion).
He said the timber industry formed the backbone of Sabah's socio-economic development and was the key contributor to the state's revenue.
-- BERNAMA
Musa Aman’s innovative and sustainable forest management solution needs praises. Musa Aman’s work with Yayasan Sabah which is the largest forest concessionaire in Sabah and the way he managed and protected core forest reserves to ensure the responsible management of ‘working forests’ that gives Sabah timbers, jobs,sustainable economies, wildlife habitat, fresh water and stable climate,needs praises..
ReplyDeleteTruly Musa has done a fantastic job here compared withthe earlier chief ministers who ere only good in cutting trees and hadabsolutely no ideas at all on forest conservation.
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