18 Jan 2021

FEATURE: Farewell to the 2020 Fellowship Officials

Life as a Fellowship Official at AFoCO AFoCO held a Certificate Award Ceremony on 18 December to celebrate the achievements of our fellowship officials and congratulate them on the successful completion of the 2020 AFoCO Fellowship Program. Mr. Vireak Chhorn (Forest Administration, Cambodia), Mr. Lhab Tshering (Department of Forests and Park Services, Bhutan), and Mr. Nguyen Duy Vuong (Vietnam National […]

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30 Dec 2020

Online Webinar on “Integrated Highland Wildfire, Smoke and Haze Management in the Upper Indochina Region”

The AFoCO Regional Education and Training Center (RETC) has been organizing training courses with a focus on forest rehabilitation and reforestation, forest fire management, and community-based forest management in order to train the leaders to ensure good governance for a Greener Asia. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, some training programs planned in 2020 have been canceled since March 2020. […]

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23 Dec 2020

AFoCO signs Headquarters Agreement with the Republic of Korea

On 23 December, H.E. Ms. Kang Kyung-wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and Mr. Chencho Norbu, Executive Director of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) signed the “Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization” (Headquarters Agreement). With the Headquarters Agreement in place, it will support AFoCO and […]

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15 Dec 2020

AFoCO becomes Observer in the UN General Assembly

On December 15 (U.S. local time), the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on the Observer status of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO). With full support from the Korean government, the Secretariat has been working with all Parties and Observers to obtain AFoCO’s UN General Assembly observer status. The Permanent Representative of the Republic […]

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09 Dec 2020

FEATURE: AFoCO Project produces research papers on social forestry in Indonesia

This article introduces five research papers produced by Indonesia based on the achievements of the regional project on ‘Facilitating the Participatory Planning of Community Based Forest Management Using Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Technologies in Forest Resources Management in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand’, which was implemented from 2014 to 2020. Read more about the project achievements in Indonesia in […]

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04 Dec 2020

Secretariat’s internal seminar in celebration of the World Soil Day

World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December, which also corresponds with the official birthday of the late H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, who was one of the main proponents of this initiative. The Secretariat initiated an internal seminar to raise awareness for and commemorate relevant environment-related days while stimulating discussion among staff on key environmental […]

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01 Dec 2020

Assembly meets virtually for the Fourth Session

For the first time in the history of AFoCO, the Parties’ Representatives met virtually for the Assembly. The 4th Session of the Assembly was held on 25-26 November 2020. Representatives and delegates from 12 Parties and 1 Observer shed light on the event, including Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet […]

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30 Nov 2020

FEATURE: Exploring plant diversity data through a mobile application on forest DB management in Indonesia

This article briefly highlights the achievements of the regional project on ‘Facilitating the Participatory Planning of Community Based Forest Management Using Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Technologies in Forest Resources Management in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand’, which was implemented from 2014 to 2020. Read more about the project achievements in Indonesia in this ARTICLE. Indonesia has the third-largest area […]

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25 Nov 2020

FEATURE: A glimpse of the perceived impacts of Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) in Indonesia

This article briefly highlights CBFM in Indonesia from 2015-2020 through the regional project on ‘Facilitating the Participatory Planning of Community Based Forest Management Using Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Technologies in Forest Resources Management in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand’. Many countries in Asia, particularly in the ASEAN region, recognize that the involvement of local people in forest management is […]

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