Sabah's forests are managed for a broad range of uses and to conserve economic, social, environmental and cultural values that ensures the forest resources will remain healthy in the future.

The Sabah Forestry Policy has been formulated to cater for the needs of all stakeholders in Sabah, and is in conformity with the practices of sustainable forest resource management and development.

Forestry research in Sabah dates back to 1842 when botanical collection was undertaken on Banggi Island, Kudat. Currently, there are 11 research programmes in FRC in support of SFM in Sabah.

To face the challenges of sustainable forest management today, it is imperative for foresters to reach out, to educate and to create awareness about the importance of Sabah's forests.

RIL is a collection of several harvesting techniques used to minimise damage to potential crop trees, regeneration and soil, to maintain the forest's production capacity and to protect the environment.

Timber industry in Sabah was the main economic backbone to the socio-economic development of the State in the past and remained significant even at a much reduced log production level as being experienced of late.