Section 2

products in the unprocessed or semi-processed form, and include logs, poles, fuelwood, rubberwood, stems and fibres of oil palms and its residues, coconut and other palms, gaharu and other scented wood, gums, damar and oleoresins, wood oils, leaves, rattans, bamboos, seeds, nuts, shoots, roots, mengkuang, medicinal plants, aromatic plants, soils, microorganisms and other similar products of any description whether present or future;

products that have undergone processing or whose forms have been altered, and include sawn timber, charcoal, essential oils, wood chips and wood shavings, ground wood, beadings and mouldings, plywood and veneer, particleboards and fibreboards, blockboards, laminboards and other reconstituted wood-based panel products, wood pulp, paper and paper products, glue-laminated timber, tissue cultured plants, chemical and protein extracts, substances or derivatives for production of pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals and functional food and other processed or altered products that are derived from the products as specified in paragraph (a); and

products in the finished form, and include attaps, railway and tramway sleepers of wood, furniture, handicrafts and toys of wood, wooden handles of tools, piles, pickets, and stakes of wood, picture frames of wood, packing cases of wood, household utensils of wood, basketwork, wickerwork and other articles of plaiting, pencils and other finished products that are wholly or partially made from the products as specified in paragraph (a) or (b);

“forest-based industries” means all industries engaged in the harvesting, extracting, testing, processing, manufacturing, preservation and seasoning of forest produce, and services related thereto;

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“Institute” means the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia which continues to be in existence and with a change of name in the English language to the “Forest Research Institute Malaysia”

under section 3;

“Director General” means the Director General appointed under section 15;

“Fund” means the Forest Research Institute Malaysia Fund established under section 23;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for forestry;

“forest development” means the management and development policies and activities for all natural and man-made forests based on sound ecological and socio-economic principles for the expressed purposes of both the production of forest produce and the protection of the environment;

“conservation” means safeguarding genetic resources, species and ecosystem diversity, as well as sustainable use of biological resources and its equitable sharing of benefits to meet the needs and aspiration of present and future generations;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Institute appointed under paragraph 7(a) and includes any member of the Institute appointed to perform the function of the Chairman under section 10.