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Forest Plantation Proposal Workshop

Forest Plantation Proposal Workshop

Date: 8-9 November 2018

Venue: INTROP, UPM

 

Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management (BIOREM), INTROP has organized Forest Plantation Proposal Workshop attended by nine members of Borneo Forestry Cooperative (BFC), five of them are from Sabah Softwoods Berhad (SSB), two from Asian Forestry Company (AFC), one from Acacia Forest Industries Sdn. Bhd. (AFI) and one from the executive board of BFC, Dr. Roger Meder. The workshop was held for two days, tentatively the program starts with the presentation of master research proposal of seven prospective students. The proposal was then commented by the prospective supervisors which aimed to ensure the projects or researches are relevant, the objectives are in line with the whole process of the research and lastly the output can be achieved based on the objectives that have been mentioned earlier. After the presentation, a meeting was held to discuss the procedure of enrolment of master students which include the registration fee, funding, planning of research activities and recommendations to appoint Dr. Roger Meder as a visiting scientist in INTROP. These activities are in conjunction with the signing of MoU between UPM and BFC by appointing INTROP as a leader of this mutual collaboration in research of forest plantation and academic advancements for staffs for both parties.

 

  

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