The AFoCO Secretariat has been working to enhance the capacities of its member countries’ forestry sectors and working environments through various measures. As a result, the Regional Education and Training Center (RETC) has received donations of various types of forestry equipment and machines, and donations
April 26, 2023 — On the 26th of last month, AFoCO hosted the 5th anniversary celebration of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), the first international organization in the forestry sector established under Korea’s leadership. AFoCO, established through the ratification of the “Agreement on the
April 18, 2023 — the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the AFoCO Secretariat and Cambodia, for the implementation of the project titled: Advancing Restoration of Native Agarwood – Aquilaria crassna and A. malaccensis – for Sustainable Use and Management in Southwestern Cambodia (AFoCO/038/2023).
2023REForest Campaign, a joint initiative by AFoCO, WADIZ, and Soofe’e to celebrate Earth Day, has been launched! This campaign aims to raise public awareness about the importance of forests in mitigating the effects of climate change and to encourage public participation in addressing the climate
March 22-23, 2023, Jakarta — AFoCO Secretariat and Implementing Agencies of AFoCO projects in Timor-Leste gathered in Jakarta to conduct the 3rd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for AFoCO/018/2020 and the 2nd PSC Meeiting for AFoCO/026/2021. The participants exchanged warm greetings with each other and
March 21, 2023 — AFoCO, in partnership with the Korea Forest Service and Sejong National Arboretum, celebrated the 2023 International Day of Forests on 21 March 2023 through a ceremonial tree-planting event at Sejong National Arboretum. In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared
March 2, 2023 — the Forestry Administration of Cambodia and the AFoCO Secretariat gathered online to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project on the Establishment of ASEAN-Korea Garden in Cambodia (AFoCO/036/2022). The project is an outcome of the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in
February 6–11, 2023 — For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19, the AFoCO Secretariat finally had the opportunity to visit Bhutan for project monitoring of the project on “Sustainable Community-based Enterprise Development for Improved Rural Livelihood in Bhutan (AFoCO/017/2020)“. The project monitoring saw
AFoCO signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in May 2022. KOICA recently interviewed AFoCO’s Vice Executive Director, Mr. Jin Sunpil, about the organization’s ongoing projects and future plans. In his interview, Mr. Jin highlighted AFoCO’s vision and mission, which
The AFoCO Secretariat has been working to enhance the capacities of its member countries’ forestry sectors and working environments through various measures. As a result, the Regional Education and Training Center (RETC) has received donations of various types of forestry equipment and machines, and donations
April 26, 2023 — On the 26th of last month, AFoCO hosted the 5th anniversary celebration of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), the first international organization in the forestry sector established under Korea’s leadership. AFoCO, established through the ratification of the “Agreement on the
April 18, 2023 — the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the AFoCO Secretariat and Cambodia, for the implementation of the project titled: Advancing Restoration of Native Agarwood – Aquilaria crassna and A. malaccensis – for Sustainable Use and Management in Southwestern Cambodia (AFoCO/038/2023).
2023REForest Campaign, a joint initiative by AFoCO, WADIZ, and Soofe’e to celebrate Earth Day, has been launched! This campaign aims to raise public awareness about the importance of forests in mitigating the effects of climate change and to encourage public participation in addressing the climate
March 22-23, 2023, Jakarta — AFoCO Secretariat and Implementing Agencies of AFoCO projects in Timor-Leste gathered in Jakarta to conduct the 3rd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for AFoCO/018/2020 and the 2nd PSC Meeiting for AFoCO/026/2021. The participants exchanged warm greetings with each other and
March 21, 2023 — AFoCO, in partnership with the Korea Forest Service and Sejong National Arboretum, celebrated the 2023 International Day of Forests on 21 March 2023 through a ceremonial tree-planting event at Sejong National Arboretum. In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared
March 2, 2023 — the Forestry Administration of Cambodia and the AFoCO Secretariat gathered online to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project on the Establishment of ASEAN-Korea Garden in Cambodia (AFoCO/036/2022). The project is an outcome of the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in
February 6–11, 2023 — For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19, the AFoCO Secretariat finally had the opportunity to visit Bhutan for project monitoring of the project on “Sustainable Community-based Enterprise Development for Improved Rural Livelihood in Bhutan (AFoCO/017/2020)“. The project monitoring saw
AFoCO signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in May 2022. KOICA recently interviewed AFoCO’s Vice Executive Director, Mr. Jin Sunpil, about the organization’s ongoing projects and future plans. In his interview, Mr. Jin highlighted AFoCO’s vision and mission, which
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]
