{"id":4183,"date":"2017-11-19T23:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T23:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtcc.com.my\/ums-forestry-scholar-named-recipient-of-freezailah-forest-sustainability-award\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:51:25","slug":"ums-forestry-scholar-named-recipient-of-freezailah-forest-sustainability-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/ums-forestry-scholar-named-recipient-of-freezailah-forest-sustainability-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UMS FORESTRY SCHOLAR NAMED RECIPIENT OF FREEZAILAH FOREST SUSTAINABILITY AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKuala Lumpur, 19 November 2017<\/strong> \u2013 The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), in an effort to promote academic excellence and inculcate a love for forest, \u00a0presented the Freezailah Forest Sustainably Award<\/em> to Lim Mee Ching, a final year student from the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).<\/p>\n

The academic Award was presented to Lim Mee Ching by MTCC Chairman, Datuk Himmat Singh, at the UMS 19th<\/sup> Convocation ceremony. Lim received a Certificate of Achievement and RM2,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst presented in 2016, the Freezailah Forest Sustainability Award<\/em> aims to recognise outstanding students from the forestry-related field of study who have distinguished themselves by demonstrating overall academic excellence and scholarship in their final year project thesis. The Award was established in honour of MTCC\u2019s founding Chairman, Dato\u2019 Dr Freezailah Che Yeom, who had led the institution for 17 years.<\/p>\n

MTCC CEO, Yong Teng Koon said, \u201cThis is the second year we are collaborating with UMS to recognise and reward young talent demonstrating outstanding academic achievement in forestry-related studies. Through this Award, we hope to raise the awareness of the students on the importance of sustainable forest management in Malaysia and the role of the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) in championing this pursuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPromoting sustainable forestry through the implementation of the MTCS is the core of MTCC\u2019s work. MTCC accords great importance to collaborating with UMS to inspire more young people to embark on a career in forestry and forestry-related industries,\u201d Yong elaborated.
\nThe recipient of the\u00a0 Freezailah Forest Sustainability Award \u00a0is selected based on the undergraduate\u2019s overall academic performance as well as final year projects that focus on fields related to Sustainable Forest Management, Forest Certification, Natural Resources Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Forest Plantation Management, Chain-of-Custody Certification, or Timber and Non-Timber Forest Products Utilization.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the Award win, Lim said, \u201cWe cannot wait until our vital forest reserves are depleted to start conservation works. It has to begin now, and it is everyone\u2019s duty to protect our forests. The MTCC Award serves as an encouragement for young people to play a more active role in promoting sustainable forestry. Additionally, it also influences my interest to consider a career in a forest-related industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMTCC hopes that the Award will inspire more students to take up forestry-related courses and spur them to take on greater responsibility in promoting sustainable forest management in Malaysia. Additionally, \u00a0timber being Malaysia\u2019s third largest export-oriented commodity, we hope that these students will be inspired to work in the forestry sector upon graduation and make \u00a0a positive impact on the environment and society,\u201d Yong concluded.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kuala Lumpur, 19 November 2017 \u2013 The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), in an effort to promote academic excellence and inculcate a love for forest, \u00a0presented the Freezailah Forest Sustainably Award to Lim Mee Ching, a final year student from the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS). The academic Award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22866,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions\/22866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcc.monyads.com\/bm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}