13 Feb 2020

TRAINING: Imparting knowledge on bamboo shoot production and rattan furniture-making

25-31 January 2020, AFoCO RETC, Myanmar This year’s community development training program kicked off with a local livelihood development course on “Bamboo-shoot production and Rattan furniture-making training” was held from 25 to 31 January 2020 at the AFoCO Regional Education and Training Center (RETC). In Myanmar, 70% of people living in rural areas are highly dependent on forests, forest products […]

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05 Feb 2020

FEATURE: Life of an intern at the AFoCO RETC in Myanmar

Cho Hyunmin (Kangwon National University) and Park Jinsu (Kyungpook National University) from the Republic of Korea share about their six-month stint at the AFoCO RETC Tell us about your internship experience! “Our main duties include preparing and facilitating training courses and managing the center’s facilities. In addition to regular courses targeted at forestry officials of AFoCO Member Countries and courses […]

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28 Jan 2020

TRAINING: Building capacities in Community-Based Forest Fire Management

13-17 January 2020, AFoCO RETC, Myanmar Forest fire management in the 21st century faces unprecedented challenges. The frequency, extent, and intensity of forest fires have increased significantly in many parts of the world. It is unlikely that conventional forest fire management approaches continue to be effective in the future given these challenges, and there is a need to come up […]

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23 Jan 2020

Update on the Agenda 2.5 Institutional Review of AFoCO and the Secretariat

The Secretariat was tasked by the 3rd Session of the Assembly to prepare an action plan on the strategic recommendations prepared by the Institutional Review. The internal exercise on the development of the action plan for the recommendations started after the endorsement by the 3rd Session of the Assembly on the final report of the Institutional Review. This internal exercise […]

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17 Jan 2020

FOCUS: The extent, effectiveness, and rise of community-based forestry over 30 years in Cambodia

Contributed by Nhem Sareth, 2016 AFoCO Landmark Scholar from Cambodia Over half a billion people in developing countries are now dependent on community-managed forests (Baynes et al. 2015) and there is global recognition that continuous deforestation and forest degradation has become a serious threat to social, economic and environmental welfare (Nhem & Lee 2019). In developing countries, such as Cambodia, […]

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10 Jan 2020

AFoCO welcomes 2020 Fellowship Officials and new Director of Cooperation & Project Division

New year, new faces! On 7 January 2020, Mr. Vireak Chhorn from Cambodia, Mr. Lhab Tshering from Bhutan and Mr. Nguyen Duy Vuong from Viet Nam started their Fellowship Program with short orientation of the program and a tour around the office. As Fellowship Officials, they will be engaging in the organization of AFoCO-led events and Assembly sessions as well […]

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06 Jan 2020

TRAINING: Facilitating the development of community-based enterprises

9-13 December 2019, AFoCO RETC, Myanmar Experience, knowledge, and skills for building up Community-based Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region is still limited, and there is little understanding of an entrepreneurial mindset among local level government and NGO officers and facilitators, as well as community leaders and representatives wanting to set up their own community enterprises. In AFoCO Member Countries, Community-based […]

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27 Dec 2019

FEATURE: Bidding farewell to our 2019 Fellowship Officials

Life as a Fellowship Official at AFoCO On 20 December, AFoCO held a Certificate Award Ceremony to extend our appreciation and congratulations to our fellowship officials for completing the 2019 AFoCO Fellowship Program. Ms. Kemly Ouch (Forest Administration, Cambodia), Ms. Kinley Dem (Department of Forests and Park Services, Bhutan), Ms. Thet Myat Yadanar Aye (Forest Department, Myanmar) and Mr. Nguyen […]

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23 Dec 2019

AFoCO releases comic-based textbook for children

‘Exploring the Forest with Tory and Sully’ AFoCO believes that educating the younger generation about forests and the important roles they play in addressing global warming and other environmental issues can help inspire them to take action to conserve and manage forests in a sustainable manner and ensure that our forests continue to provide healthy ecosystem services in perpetuity. The […]

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