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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  • MFCC updates for the stakeholders webinar

      Date: 7th December 2020 Time: 2:00PM – 4:00PM (Myanmar Standard Time) The webinar has been attended by the range of participants and representatives including Chairman of the MFCC (Permanent Secretary of the MONREC) , Director General and Senior Officers from Myanmar Forest Department, Managing Director and Senior Officers from

  • Third MFCC Sub-Committee meeting for review/revise of MTLAS

    Third Sub-Committee meeting for review and revise of the MTLAS First and foremost, our hearts are with those who have been affected by the COVID-19. As for safety, health and wellbeing are one of the top priorities for the MFCC members and stakeholders and in response to the unprecedented challenges

  • Sixth Myanmar Forest Certification Committee Meeting

    Sixth MFCC Meeting Date: 16th March 2020 Venue: Director General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound Sixth MFCC meeting has been held at the Director-General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound. MFCC members, as well as the staff from the MFCC-PEFC project, have been attended. Additionally, different stakeholders and members from Forest Department, Myanma

  • First meeting of MFCC Sub-Committee for review and revise of the MTLAS (2013)

    First meeting of MFCC Sub-Committee for review and revise of the MTLAS (2013) Yangon 14 Feb 2020 The first meeting of the Sub-committee for review and revise of the MTLAS standard (2013) has been held at the MFCC secretariat office (14 FEB 2020). Additionally, the sub-committee for this MTLAS review/revise

  • Field visit to Gangaw Extraction Agency

    Location : Gangaw Extraction Agency, Gangaw, Magway Region, Myanmar Date : 21st to 23rd January 2020 MFCC together with the representatives from Forest Department and Myanma Timber Enterprise had a short field trip to Gangaw Extraction Agency in order to describe the harvesting operations with PEFC, EU importers and Myanmar

  • Fifth Myanmar Forest Certification Committee Meeting

    Fifth MFCC Meeting Date: 17th January 2020 Venue: Director General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound Fifth MFCC meeting has been held at the Director-General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound. MFCC members, as well as the staff from the MFCC-PEFC project, have been attended. Additionally, different stakeholders and members from FD, MTE, DRI,

  • Fourth Myanmar Forest Certification Committee Meeting

    Fourth MFCC Meeting Date: 29th November 2019 Venue: Director General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound Fourth MFCC meeting has been held at the Director-General Office, Gyogone Forest Compound, including the MFCC members as well as the staff from the MFCC-PEFC Project has been attended. Different stakeholders and members from FD, MTE,

  • PEFC Forest Certification Week 2019

    Location : Würzburg, Germany 11-15 November 2019 PEFC Forest Certification Week is the one time in the year when the entire PEFC family and members meet to discuss the key issues and opportunities facing the organization. The Chairman and Secretary of the MFCC together with the MFCC-PEFC project CEO attended

  • Meeting with European Commission International Relations Officer

    MFCC meeting with European Commission International Relations Officer Date:  8 November 2019 Place: MD Office, MTE, Yangon, MYANMAR MFCC members’ discussed with Mrs Dorte PARDO LOPEZ (International Relations Officer – FLEGT – EU Timber Regulation, Directorate-General for the Environment) and Mrs Delphine Brissonneau (Programme Manager – Delegation of the European