Project/activity information

This project prepared a sector plan for the development of forest industries in Sarawak. The project work plan included the following steps: (i) review and update market studies; (ii) determine the current (and currently proposed) capacity of the wood processing industry; (iii) determine forest management units and assess their production potential; (iv) determine the product mix which will optimize the economic return to the State; and (v) recommend changes to enable the forest sector to produce the optimum product mix.

The following documents have been prepared by the project: (i) strategies for sustainable wood industries - Sarawak (main project report); (ii) forest resources status and timber supply planning for the future; (iii) a review of trends in the export markets of Sarawak's timber products; (iv) wood processing industries; and (v) harvesting and transportation costs.