Forestry Department of Sarawak endorses new Harmonised Reduced Impact Logging Guidelines

Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) is a comprehensive set of planning, monitoring and control practices regulating timber harvesting operations. RIL was first developed for the Sarawak Department in 1998; since then, several versions of the guidelines have been developed across the sector.

The guidelines are crucial because they support the implementation of sustainable forest management by minimizing forest damage and reduce adverse environmental and social impacts while promoting operational efficiency and economic viability. However, a lack of consistency across the different available RIL guidelines presented challenges for forest operators as well as certification bodies tasked with auditing concession holders in the state of Sarawak. To address this, the Forest Department of Sarawak (FDS) created the Harmonized RIL Guidelines for Sarawak in 2018.

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