KUALA LUMPUR, November 16, 2016 - It came as a bad
surprise for civil society today that the Malaysian government is attempting to
ban the Bruno Manser Fund from yet another tropical timber conference after it
succeeded in keeping its representatives away from last year's 50th International
Tropical Timber Council session in Yokohama.
During the opening proceedings of the International
Tropical Timber Council's 51st Session in Kuala Lumpur this morning, the
Malaysian delegation said BMF should not be admitted to the conference because
"of being disrespectful to the sovereign countries who get together to get
cooperatively working to achieve the objectives of the International Tropcial
Timber Agreement 2006".
