Secretariat

It is my pleasure to take office as the Executive Director of AFoCO. Almost a decade has passed since I last worked with the team during the organization’s initial phase as the ASEAN-Korea Forest Cooperation. With great delight, I am honored and humbled to join the organization again.

As Executive Director of AFoCO, I will lead the team to work hand-in-hand with our member countries to address global and national forest-related issues including dealing with the impacts of climate change, rehabilitating degraded forests, securing sustainable livelihoods for forest-dependent communities, and combating desertification.

In the coming years, I look forward to collaborating with you — our member countries and partners — to expand our impact in the region and empower our member countries to achieve their national targets and international commitments. Building on the partnerships and mutual understanding we have developed over the years, I will contribute to AFoCO’s continued growth into an intergovernmental organization with a strong expertise in the forest sector to achieve its mission of “a Greener Asia” through action-oriented initiatives with tangible outcomes.

Drawing on my thirty years of experience in the forest sector and passion for achieving AFoCO’s goals, I will do my best to help AFoCO develop into a leading global forestry organization with the help of our Party countries, Observer countries, and the Secretariat team.

Chongho Park
Executive Director