PUBLIC SUMMARY SECOND SURVEILLANCE (SECOND CYCLE) ON PERAK FMU FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION Certificate Number: FMC 004 Date of First Certification: 7 July 2010 Audit Date : 27 – 31 October 2014 Date of Public Summary: 3 June 2015 Certification Body: SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd Block 4, SIRIM Complex 1, Persiaran Dato’ Menteri Section 2, P.O. Box 7035 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor MALAYSIA Tel : 60-3-5544 6400/5544 6448 Fax : 60-3 5544 6763 E-mail : [email protected] Page 1 of 16 Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 3 2 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Name of FMU .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Contact Person and Address .................................................................................................. 4 2.3 General Background on the Perak FMU ................................................................................. 4 2.4 Date First Certified .................................................................................................................. 4 2.5 Location of the Certified FMU ................................................................................................. 4 2.6 Forest Management System ................................................................................................... 4 2.7 Annual Allowable Cut / Annual Harvest under the Forest Management Plan ........................ 5 3 AUDIT PROCESS ........................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Audit Dates .............................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Audit Team .............................................................................................................................. 5 3.3 Standard Used ........................................................................................................................ 5 3.4 Stakeholder Consultations ...................................................................................................... 5 3.5 Audit Process .......................................................................................................................... 5 4 SUMMARY OF AUDIT FINDINGS .................................................................................................. 6 Attachment 1 Map of Perak FMU ........................................................................................................... 10 Attachment 2 Comments by Stakeholders and Responses by Audit Team .......................................... 11 Attachment 3. Opportunities for improvements Raised During this Audit and Corrective Actions Taken ................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Attachment 4 Verification on Corrective Actions Taken on Non conformity(ies) and Opportunities for improvements Raised During Previous Audit ........................................................................................ 14 Page 2 of 16 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. (SIRIM QAS International) is the oldest and leading certification, inspection and testing body in Malaysia. SIRIM QAS International provides a comprehensive range of certification, inspection and testing services which are carried out in accordance with internationally recognised standards. Attestation of this fact is the accreditation of the various certification and testing services by leading national and international accreditation and recognition bodies such as the Department of Standards Malaysia (STANDARDS MALAYSIA), the United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS), the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCC). SIRIM QAS International is a partner of IQNet, a network currently comprising of 36 leading certification bodies in Europe, North and South America, East Asia and Australia. This audit was conducted on the Forest Management Unit (FMU) at Perak FMU of Perak State Forestry Department (hereafter abbreviated as Perak State Forestry Department), from 27 – 31 October 2014, to assess the overall forest management system compliance against the Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Natural Forest) [MC&I (Natural Forest)] using the verifiers stipulated for Peninsular Malaysia. The surveillance audit was carried out by a three-member team comprising Khairul Najwan bin Ahmad Jahari (Lead Auditor), Prof. Mohd Basri Hamzah (Auditor) and Mohd Razman bin Salim (Auditor). Based on the findings of this audit, it was found that generally, the Perak FMU has continued to comply with the requirements of the MC&I (Natural Forest). This audit has resulted in the issuance of five (5) Opportunity for Improvements (OFIs). Page 3 of 16 2 INTRODUCTION 2.1 Name of FMU Perak State Forestry Department? 2.2 Contact Person and Address Dato Hj Roslan bin Ariffin (Director) Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Perak, Persiaran Meru Utama, Bandar Meru Raya, 3 30020 Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan Tel : 05-528 8100 Fax : 05-528 8101 2.3 General Background on the Perak FMU The Perak State FMU is managed by the PSFD. The FMU comprises of 991,433 hectares (ha) or 47.2% of the State’s total land area of 2.1 million ha. The PSFD was still committed to the management of the Perak State FMU on a sustainable basis. The administration of the FMU is divided into five forest districts namely the South Perak, Kinta/Manjung, Kuala Kangsar, Larut & Matang and Hulu Perak Forest Districts. The inland forest is managed under a Selective Management System (SMS) on a 30-year rotation period. Under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (2011-2015), the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) for the Perak State FMU has been set at 6,990 ha. A Forest Management Plan (FMP) covering the period from 2006 to 2015 had been completed and presented during the audit. The forest resources in the Perak State FMU were being managed by the PSFD with a total workforce of 724 peoples. These staff consisted of professional and sub-professional forestry officers and the uniformed field staff comprised the forest rangers and foresters. The others were administrative and general staff. A map of the FMU showing the significant features of the forest is attached in Attachment 1. 2.4 Date First Certified 7 July 2010 2.5 Location of the Certified FMU The FMU is located between 3° 40’ 30” N to 5° 53’ 30” N and 100° 12’ 30” E to 101° 54’00” E 2.6 Forest Management System The FMU had followed the principles of sustainable forest management (SFM) and the requirements of the Licence Agreement with the Perak State government. Page 4 of 16 During document review the PSFD forest management plan, FMP (2006-2015) was seen during assessment. The document provided for all the items (a-i) as listed above including annual harvest rate, species selection, environmental safeguard and assessment, protection of ERT species, protected areas, planned management activities and the RIL. Collectively the elements contribute to the overall objective of managing the nation’s forest resources sustainably for the continuous yield in forest products and services and their optimum use in harmony with the requirements of the environment. 2.7 Annual Allowable Cut / Annual Harvest under the Forest Management Plan For the Tenth Malaysia Plan, the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) for the FMU had been set at 6,990 ha. 3 AUDIT PROCESS 3.1 Audit Dates 27 – 31 October 2014 (15 man-days) 3.2 Audit Team Khairul Najwan bin Ahmad Jahari (Audit Team Leader) Prof. Mohd Basri Hamzah (Auditor) Mohd Razman bin Salim (Auditor) 3.3 Standard Used Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Natural Forest) [MC&I (Natural Forest)] using the verifiers stipulated for Peninsular Malaysia. 3.4 Stakeholder Consultations A one-month stakeholder consultation was conducted beginning on 18 September 2014 18 October 2014 to solicit feedback from stakeholders on the compliance of the Perak FMU to the requirements of the MC&I (Natural Forest). The comments by the stakeholders and responses from the audit team are shown in Attachment 2. 3.5 Audit Process The audit was conducted primarily to evaluate the level of continued compliance of the FMU current documentation and field practices in forest management with the MC&I (Natural Forest), using the verifiers stipulated for Peninsular Malaysia. For each Indicator, the auditors had conducted a documentation review, consultation with the relevant personnel of the FMU or stakeholders or field audit or a combination of these methods. Depending on the compliance with the verifiers for a particular indicator, the auditors then decided on the degree of the overall compliance in the indicator and decided whether or not to issue a major or minor NCR or an OFI. Sites visited during this audit are as follows: 1- Air Ganda Nursery, Ulu Piol Nursery, Page 5 of 16 2- Active area Comp 92 Temengggor PRF, Comp 5&6, 73,74,75 Piah PRF, Comp 55, Bubu PRF 3- Forest boundaries – Bubu PRF , Forest Checking Station – Bandariang, Lasah, Beruas, 4- HCVF – Balau Putih, Segari Melintang, and 5- Local communities Kg