Kota Kinabalu: The State’s Forestry Enactment 1968 will be amended so that the forestry legal framework is aligned with amendments to the National Forestry Act (APN) 1984 which was approved by the Dewan Rakyat last July, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Haji Noor.
The proposed amendment covers aspects that are more challenging in today’s world, including meeting climate change issues, mitigation methods through carbon trading and biodiversity conservation.
“As well as streamlining the cooperation spaces or gaps between the licensees of the Sustainable Forest Management Licensce Agreement (Sustainable Forest Management Licence Agreement (SFMLA)) with the State Government, in line with the vision of sustainable forest management.