August 4-5, 2022 — The Forestry Administration of Cambodia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, organized the ‘National Validation and Extension Workshop on the Guidelines for the Preparation of Community Forest Management and Development Plans and Private Forest Registration in Cambodia’ for the project Registration
Following the capacity-building workshop jointly organized by AFoCO and ITTO on “Forest Landscape Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Accessing Climate Change Finance and Carbon Benefits for FLR,” AFoCO RETC facilitated a post-workshop session titled “An Intensive Discussion for FLR and REDD+” at Forest and Wildlife
Recognizing the importance of creating healthy ecosystems, the global community has been working together to engage in ecosystem restoration. AFoCO and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) have been co-organizing online capacity-building workshops focussing on “Forest Landscape Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region” since the first year
September 20, 2022 — The Final Coordination and Evaluation Meeting (FCEM) was held for the regional project on “Domestication of Endangered, Endemic, and Threatened Plant Species (EETS) in Disturbed Terrestrial Ecosystems in Malaysia and Thailand” (AFoCO/010/2016). As the host country, Thailand welcomed all the participants
September 19, 2022—AFoCO welcomed the 2022 AFoCO Science and Technology Exchange Partnership (STEP) Program participants to the Republic of Korea to begin their research journey. The AFoCO STEP, first launched in 2019, was postponed by three years due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thailand, as a popular spot for nature tourism, places great importance on the effective management of community and urban community-based tourism while ensuring the development of biological and cultural diversity. Studies assessing remunerations* on forest ecosystem management are rare in Thailand, especially in the context
The Asian Forest Cooperation Organization welcomes the Kyrgyz Republic coming on board as a full-fledged Party. Having the Kyrgyz Republic as a Party to AFoCO will have an expanded regional representation of the Central Asian region, strengthening organizational presence on the global level and promoting
Introduction The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted that climate change is impacting all regions across the globe — increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, prolonged fire seasons of higher intensity, increasing occurrences of warmer days, (IPCC, 2022). The
AFoCO joins global movement to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation August 22, 2022 — We are proud to announce that the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) is now an official Supporting Partner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) 2021-2030. Together
August 4-5, 2022 — The Forestry Administration of Cambodia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, organized the ‘National Validation and Extension Workshop on the Guidelines for the Preparation of Community Forest Management and Development Plans and Private Forest Registration in Cambodia’ for the project Registration
Following the capacity-building workshop jointly organized by AFoCO and ITTO on “Forest Landscape Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Accessing Climate Change Finance and Carbon Benefits for FLR,” AFoCO RETC facilitated a post-workshop session titled “An Intensive Discussion for FLR and REDD+” at Forest and Wildlife
Recognizing the importance of creating healthy ecosystems, the global community has been working together to engage in ecosystem restoration. AFoCO and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) have been co-organizing online capacity-building workshops focussing on “Forest Landscape Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region” since the first year
September 20, 2022 — The Final Coordination and Evaluation Meeting (FCEM) was held for the regional project on “Domestication of Endangered, Endemic, and Threatened Plant Species (EETS) in Disturbed Terrestrial Ecosystems in Malaysia and Thailand” (AFoCO/010/2016). As the host country, Thailand welcomed all the participants
September 19, 2022—AFoCO welcomed the 2022 AFoCO Science and Technology Exchange Partnership (STEP) Program participants to the Republic of Korea to begin their research journey. The AFoCO STEP, first launched in 2019, was postponed by three years due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thailand, as a popular spot for nature tourism, places great importance on the effective management of community and urban community-based tourism while ensuring the development of biological and cultural diversity. Studies assessing remunerations* on forest ecosystem management are rare in Thailand, especially in the context
The Asian Forest Cooperation Organization welcomes the Kyrgyz Republic coming on board as a full-fledged Party. Having the Kyrgyz Republic as a Party to AFoCO will have an expanded regional representation of the Central Asian region, strengthening organizational presence on the global level and promoting
Introduction The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted that climate change is impacting all regions across the globe — increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, prolonged fire seasons of higher intensity, increasing occurrences of warmer days, (IPCC, 2022). The
AFoCO joins global movement to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation August 22, 2022 — We are proud to announce that the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) is now an official Supporting Partner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) 2021-2030. Together
Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) is a treaty-based intergovernmental organization aiming to strengthen forest cooperation by transforming proven technologies and policies into concrete actions in the context of sustainable forest management to address the impacts of climate change.
We are headquartered in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, with a subsidiary body, the AFoCO Regional Education and Training Center (RETC), in Yangon region, Myanmar.
AFoCO Secretariat
12F SIMPAC Bldg., 52, Gukjegeumyung-ro,
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07330,
Republic of Korea
T. +82-2-785-8971
F. +82-2-785-8970/8910
E. [email protected]
AFoCO Regional Education & Training Center (RETC)
Seed & Seedling Center (SSC) of Forest Department of Myanmar, Ye-Twin-Kone Village, Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar
T. +95-9972578592
E. [email protected]
