This report has provided
valuable insights into private sector involvement in forest plantation
development in Peninsular Malaysia. There is a need to constantly monitor the
activities of private forest plantation development in the country. This
requires an accurate database that is continuously updated. Although investors
currently are faced by a number of problems most of them can be solved to boost
the development of forest plantations. Timber from forest plantations is
considered the second most important source of raw material for the
forest-based industries. The need to find alternative raw material is urgent as
the policy of reducing the production of timber from the natural forest is
implemented. Therefore, the call for full commitment from all interested
parties is louder than ever before. The government alone should not have to
shoulder the task of developing forest plantations. Malaysians can work out the
issue of forest plantation development together, which would benefit not only
the parties involved but also the next generation.