Forest producers elect new executive

The Forest Products Association elected its Executive Committee to serve for the 2012-2014 fiscal year, at its 60th AGM held at the Hotel Tower last Wednesday.

In highlighting some of the accomplishments of the outgoing team, its president Hilbertus Cort said they were able to lobby the minister to adjust the 10-metre felling rule; they led the log export consultative process conducting two FAO-funded awareness workshops on the EU-Forest Legality Enforcement and Governance trade and they lobbied