Capture Malaysian Forests in Pix and Win a Prize
Kota Kinabalu: The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is calling all photography enthusiasts to express their impressions of forests and its rich resources through photographs and compete in the MTCC Photography Contest 2017.
Themed “Experience Forest, Experience MTCS-PEFC”, the photography contest opens for entries until 15 October 2017. The contest aims to raise awareness on the invaluable benefit of our tropical forest as well as to promote the importance of sustainable forest management and certification.
“Photos are a great medium to connect people from all ages and backgrounds to encourage them to rethink the true value of forests and to appreciate the natural beauty of the forests and all its inhabitants.
“This is the reason why we have teamed up with leading imaging publication, PCP publications, to organize this photography contest. We hope this contest will provide Malaysians with a platform to explore the beauty of our tropical forests through their lenses,” said MTCC CEO, Yong Teng Koon.
He noted that forests are vital to livelihood of many living things. Besides carbon sequestration, it provides the oxygen we breathe, timber, medicines, clean water and renewable energy sources that we need for our daily life.
Through this contest, MTCC help to promote the importance of managing our forests sustainably for both current and future generations.
The photography contest comprises three categories: Category 1 – Forests and People: which requires participants to capture images of people involved in the field of forestry responsible for the sustainable management and well-being of Malaysia’s forest resources.
They may include images of people at work such as foresters, forest rangers, forest researchers, auditors and indigenous peoples.
Category 2 – Forest and Forest Landscape: which seeks for shots capturing a forest’s natural beauty, diversity and uniqueness in form and structure.
Category 3 – Forest and Animal: this category invites participants to capture images of animals in the wild including mammals, birds, amphibians or reptiles.
Outstanding entries stand the chance to win the grand prize of RM2,000, a first prize of RM1,200 per category, two merit prizes of RM600 per category, and five consolation prizes of RM200 per category.
Each winner will also receive a coffee-table book courtesy of PCP Publications. Participants may submit up to 10 images for each category and are required to upload their entries to a cloud storage system and email the link to mtcc@pcp2u.my.
Top winning photos will also be exhibited at the Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival (KLPF) 2017 – the largest imaging event in Malaysia, to be held at MAPKL at Publika from 24 to 26 November.
Winners will be awarded during the exhibition and have their photos displayed for public viewing at the event.
Established in 1998, the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) is an independent organisation tasked to develop and operate the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS).
As a voluntary national scheme, the MTCS provides for independent assessment of forest management practices and audit of timber product manufacturers or exporters to ascertain that the timber products manufactured or exported are sourced from sustainably managed forests.
Source: Daily Express
