The readiness of peninsular Malaysia wood-based industries for achieving sustainability

Abstract

Forests represent a substantial part of global socio-economy platforms. As the wood-based industry contributes large revenue to Malaysia’s economy, the readiness of Peninsular Malaysia towards sustainable wood-based industry was measured based on the different types of wood processing industries and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practice. Surveys (1,447) from all operating timber mills according to their raw materials type for wood products processing in Peninsular Malaysia were analyzed using multiple correspondence analysis (MCA). Results showed that the sustainable practice in wood industry by SFM practitioners and non-practitioners were similar. All industries are using outdated technologies and consume local raw materials in producing wood products. The furniture industry is largely aware of SFM and consumes the least amount of logs to produce furniture.

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“…In Indonesia, sustainability assessment in the furniture industry is limited to the manufacturing process [41]. Sustainability of the timber industry in West Malaysia was assessed by considering whether its forest management is sustainable or unsustainable in terms of raw material consumption status [42]. Feil et al [43] used a set of indicators on Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) furniture manufacturing to assess the sustainability of the furniture industry, and the main findings showed that the construction of sustainability indicators was validated by a statistical methodology, which supported the consistency and quality of the sustainability evaluation of furniture companies.…”