International Symposium on Legality Verified Wood 2010
Part Three Report: Activities in Japan to Tackle Illegal Logging Issues
Your Name:SEMILAN RIPOTTitle of Your Presentation:
LOG TRACKING SYSTEMPresentation Outline :Your assessment of Japan’s efforts to supply legality verified wood
RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN ILLEGAL LOGGING COUNTER MEASURES IN
SARAWAK.
•State-Wide Deployment of Log Tracking System (LOTS)
This has been made possible by the State Government’s establishment of ForestNet,a Wide Area Network (WAN) used exclusively by the forestry agencies forenforcement and for timber royalty collection. ForestNet comprising 44 sites locatedthroughout Sarawak was deployed in December 2008 while LOTS was‘operationalized’ in 26 of these sites in January 2009.

•Hyper-spectral (Airborne Tactical)
Sarawak with the support of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,
Malaysia has embarked on a venture through the use of advance technology by
setting up an operational hyperspectral sensing facility at Forest Department
Sarawak. The development of the ILD tool was aimed at improving the efficiency ofthe enforcement in monitoring illegal logging in Sarawak. ILD complements theairborne hyperspectral imaging dataset that could directly be utilized by the field
enforcement officers to areas where illegal activities were detected from airborne
hyperspectral imagery.

•Implementation of Inter-Agency Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for
Enforcement with effect from 1st January 2010
Wherein, 4 government agencies are entrusted to carry out complimentary roles inenforcement of forestry laws, rules and regulations. The inter-agency SOP provides
for improved work flow, elements of check-and-balance and elimination ofoverlapping jurisdictions.

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Joint Operations with Other Enforcement Agencies
Joint operations with the Police Department (especially Marine Police and FieldForce), Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), Health Department andlocal authorities have been stepped up since last year. In 2010, a total of 355 suchjoint operations (sorties) were reported by SFC alone.

•Establishment of new and additional Forest Checking Station.
This forms part of the strategic logistic plan to be implemented over the period
2010-2014. This calls for the setting of at least 20 new Forest Checking Station at
Strategic location throughout Sarawak.

Challenges in combating illegal logging around the world

ProfileNameSEMILAN RIPOT

Position Title

REVENUE MANAGEROrganization

SARWAK FORESTRY CORPORATION.

Brief

TERTIARY EDUCATION HAVING

history

Personal•Diploma in Forestry(Malaysian Agriculture University,(UPM), Sarawak)•Bachelor Science (Forestry) (Malaysian Agriculture
University (UPM) Serdang)

JOB EXPERIENCE•

Joined the Forestry Department, Sarawak as Executive
Forester (G3) and assigned as head of Infrastructure andMapping Unit in Reforestation and Rehabilitation Branch inyear 1990

•Assigned as Officer-in-charge at Niah Forest Research
Station and responsible for the overall implementation of theReforestation project in Northern Region, Sarawak in Year
1990-1998•

Assigned to Assist Deputy Director of Forest Department ,Sarawak

in Monitoring Plantation Development Unit andForest Plantation head in Reforestation and Rehabilitation
Branch, Forest Department Sarawak in year 1998-2003

•As Assistant Manager Land Use Administration, Resource
Inventories , Timber Supply and Environmental in Sarawak
Forestry Corporation, Sarawak in year 2003-2008•

As Revenue Manager at SF&C Division of Sarawak ForestryCorporation.

(DirectlyaccountabletotheGeneral

Manager of SF&C Division in managing and establish ofprocedure related to revenue collection. Also responsible formanagement of Log Scaling, Log Tracking System (LOTS)
and Royaltyyear 2009

Billing System (RBS)

until Now.

of Sarawak Forestry in