Shore men fly to Ma
spread timber technology

to

FOUR North Shore residents will be flying to Malaysia as

part of an effort to

spread B.C. forest management

know-kow to developing Pacific Rim countries.

“The four, all
Timberline, a Vancouver forest in-
ventory : consulting. company, will
join “eight other forest technicians
in a’program designed to’ assist in
the , Management -and | harvest of

employees of.

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eporter,

to land the, Canadian ‘International

. Development. Agency (CIDA), pro-
Ject.

; Scheduled | to” run. over a “five.
year period, the $6'million project

will provide - six , Asian: ‘countries

with . an inventory: -of their forest

Fesources and help them: ‘develop a
|

(+) forest. management and

an; team involved in ‘he five-year.

ats.

of the Vancouver consortium to
travel to Malaysia; He will fy out
of Vancouver today (Wednesday)
with the project’s deputy director
Terry Honer.

Benefits to the consortium's two
companies and to Canada itself, he
said, would be far reaching. ;

‘Basically it's an excellent way
to develop markets for Canadian

goods and. technological expertise
in other parts of the world. Con-
sidering: the countries involved here
are all in.the Pacific Rim area, |

_ think it is an’ especially’ important

project.’”
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Primary goals of the consortium
in the project are to. assist the. six

ASEAN member countries (Brunei
Darussalem, Indonesia, .. Malaysia, «
using the most efficient and least

Singapore, Thailand .: and. _ the

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Philippines) in determining forest
resources through a coordinated
inventory system and to establish
an efficient policy of future forest
resource management.

In addition, 18 students from
the six countries will be returned to
B.C. universities and institutions
for training’ in forestry manage-

ment.

Jamieson said the supplies and
equipment used in the project will
be Canadian, which, coupled with
the Canadian expertise involved,
will establish a vital future market
for Canadian goods and
technology.

‘Besides the project’s economic

“benefits to Canada, Jamieson said |

there was ‘a tremendous personal
and: professional satisfaction’ in
helping the ASEAN countries ex-
Fivit their. massive forest resource,

laysia

environmentally “destructive
methods.

The consequences of rapid and
random deforestation i in the area,
he said, were now major, concerns
of the ASEAN countries:.

Opportunities presented by the
project, ‘‘could be the culmination
of a professional - ‘career, ”
Jamieson said.

In all, six Timberline employees
will be directly involved in, the

_ ASEAN project.

Besides: Jamieson, Timbeiline’s
Jeff Gray, John Cosco: and -Peter
Ludemann are all from. the:North
Shore, and will all be leaving for
Malaysia over the next year: °

Cosco, whe will .be: leaving. in
July, said Monday the trip’ will: be
his first international work: experi-
ence,

“It’s an excellent: opportunity
for everyone involved. Mew

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