Goals & Objectives of the Project To enhance its capacity to supply high quality seedlings to achieve their national target of restoring 1.5 million hectares of degraded forest and increase its forest cover to 14.5 million hectares by 2030, addressing the pressing issue of forest
18 March 2024 — the AFoCO Secretariat signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republican Forest Selection Seed Center of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the public foundation Ulan Plus
In September 2022, a large wildfire occurred in the Kostanay region, followed by another one in early June 2023 in the Abay region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. These wildfires devastated 90,000 hectares of pine forests and tragically claimed the lives of 15 forest rangers.
Hanoi, Vietnam – September 3 to 9, 2023 — In a groundbreaking effort to propel sustainable forest management into action, AFoCO recently wrapped up its 2nd Regional Workshop for the Project titled “Improved Local Community Livelihoods Through Increase Income From Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP): Modelling
Following AFoCO’s joint exhibition, ‘Green Life Must Go On,’ with NEPA, and IKEA-Korea in November 2022, NEPA has taken yet another step forward in environmental sustainability by making a monetary contribution for AFoCO “Let’s Forest – Plantree”, to establish forests to combat the desertification in
May 30, 2023 – Project Inception Meeting (PIM) and Project Coordination Committee (PCC) Meeting for the project “Improved local community livelihood through increased income from non-timber forest products (NTFP): Modeling scalable community-based enterprise in Asia (AFoCO/035/2022)” was held. The meeting brought together key stakeholders to
December 13, 2022 — a webinar for the regional situational analysis of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in AFoCO member countries was organized under the project “Improving local community livelihoods through increased income from non-timber forest products: Modeling scalable community-based enterprises in Asia (AFoCO/035/2022).” The regional
This article presents the laboratory research findings from the research project, “Investigation of the Resistance of Black Saxaul (Haloxylon aphyllum) Forms to Gall-Forming Insects (AFoCO/020/2020)” in Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. This two-year project is implemented under the collaboration among AFoCO, NIFoS (National Institute of Forest Science)
October 27, 2022, Almaty, Kazakhstan —the third MoU for the AFoCO regional project entitled: Improved Local Community Livelihoods through Increased Income from Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP): Modeling Scalable Community-based Enterprises in Asia (AFoCO/035/2022) was signed between the AFoCO Secretariat and the Republican State Enterprise on the Right of
Goals & Objectives of the Project To enhance its capacity to supply high quality seedlings to achieve their national target of restoring 1.5 million hectares of degraded forest and increase its forest cover to 14.5 million hectares by 2030, addressing the pressing issue of forest
18 March 2024 — the AFoCO Secretariat signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republican Forest Selection Seed Center of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the public foundation Ulan Plus
In September 2022, a large wildfire occurred in the Kostanay region, followed by another one in early June 2023 in the Abay region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. These wildfires devastated 90,000 hectares of pine forests and tragically claimed the lives of 15 forest rangers.
Hanoi, Vietnam – September 3 to 9, 2023 — In a groundbreaking effort to propel sustainable forest management into action, AFoCO recently wrapped up its 2nd Regional Workshop for the Project titled “Improved Local Community Livelihoods Through Increase Income From Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP): Modelling
Following AFoCO’s joint exhibition, ‘Green Life Must Go On,’ with NEPA, and IKEA-Korea in November 2022, NEPA has taken yet another step forward in environmental sustainability by making a monetary contribution for AFoCO “Let’s Forest – Plantree”, to establish forests to combat the desertification in
May 30, 2023 – Project Inception Meeting (PIM) and Project Coordination Committee (PCC) Meeting for the project “Improved local community livelihood through increased income from non-timber forest products (NTFP): Modeling scalable community-based enterprise in Asia (AFoCO/035/2022)” was held. The meeting brought together key stakeholders to
December 13, 2022 — a webinar for the regional situational analysis of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in AFoCO member countries was organized under the project “Improving local community livelihoods through increased income from non-timber forest products: Modeling scalable community-based enterprises in Asia (AFoCO/035/2022).” The regional
This article presents the laboratory research findings from the research project, “Investigation of the Resistance of Black Saxaul (Haloxylon aphyllum) Forms to Gall-Forming Insects (AFoCO/020/2020)” in Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. This two-year project is implemented under the collaboration among AFoCO, NIFoS (National Institute of Forest Science)
October 27, 2022, Almaty, Kazakhstan —the third MoU for the AFoCO regional project entitled: Improved Local Community Livelihoods through Increased Income from Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP): Modeling Scalable Community-based Enterprises in Asia (AFoCO/035/2022) was signed between the AFoCO Secretariat and the Republican State Enterprise on the Right of
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]
