Myanmar Forest Certification Committee is committing on support and develop the Certified Forest in order to provide assistance for private plantations, natural forests and community forest user groups owned by local and forest owners.

MFCC submitted “Myanmar Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification Standard (2020)” to the Standards Development Division of National Standards and Quality Department under Department of Research and Innovation, Myanmar to define Myanmar National Standards.

In accordance with the duties and function of Section 5, Article b and vested mandate of Section 33, Article (b) of the Law on Standardisation, the National Standards Council endorses “Myanmar Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification Standard (2020)” as Myanmar National Standard “MMS 32:2022 Myanmar Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification” on May 2022. In order to develop the certified forests and sustainable forest management certification, the certification process by Myanmar National Standard, Myanmar Forest Certification Scheme will be able to be implemented.

The first level of priority is the comprehensive understanding of Operators and Stakeholders who should participate in the development of Certified forests, thus the first basic-level awareness-raising training workshop was held as a virtual meeting on October 13th and 14th, 2022 respectively. In the first meeting, the Representatives from Forest Department, Myanmar Timber Enterprise, and Certification Bodies (CB) attended.

Based on the experience gained from the first meeting, the second meeting will be held again with the aim of involving more stakeholders.

In addition, the technical session from the basic level awareness-raising training workshop for MMS:32 2022 has been attached as a video link for your convenience.

Basic Level Awareness Raising Workshop for MFCS (Technical Session Part -1)

Basic Level Awareness Raising Workshop for MFCS (Technical Session Part -2)