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
Contributed by 2022 AFoCO Fellowship Officials — Sonam Tashi (lead author), Azamat Abuov, and Moniz Guilhermino. Sonam Tashi is a Forestry Officer at the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan. Azamat Abuov serves as Chief
Goal & Objectives The project will aim to alleviate the poverty of rural communities and promote sustainable forest management. Main Activities Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 Expected Outputs
Goals & Objectives The project aims to improve forest management of Kazakhstan in terms of forest accounting and data management contributing to protection and conservation including regulatory procedures five (5) years after the project. To conduct identification and mapping pilot inventory of the unaccounted forests
On 31 March 2022, a back-to-back Project Inception Meeting (PIM) and the 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for the project “Pilot project on inventory of unaccounted forests in Kostanay and North Kazakhstan regions and automation of information collection on forestry (AFoCO/028/2022)” was successfully held
Since the ratification of the AFoCO Agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2019, the first ever country-driven project was signed between the AFoCO Secretariat and the Republic of Kazakhstan on 7 March 2022. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project
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
Contributed by 2022 AFoCO Fellowship Officials — Sonam Tashi (lead author), Azamat Abuov, and Moniz Guilhermino. Sonam Tashi is a Forestry Officer at the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan. Azamat Abuov serves as Chief
Goal & Objectives The project will aim to alleviate the poverty of rural communities and promote sustainable forest management. Main Activities Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 Expected Outputs
Goals & Objectives The project aims to improve forest management of Kazakhstan in terms of forest accounting and data management contributing to protection and conservation including regulatory procedures five (5) years after the project. To conduct identification and mapping pilot inventory of the unaccounted forests
On 31 March 2022, a back-to-back Project Inception Meeting (PIM) and the 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for the project “Pilot project on inventory of unaccounted forests in Kostanay and North Kazakhstan regions and automation of information collection on forestry (AFoCO/028/2022)” was successfully held
Since the ratification of the AFoCO Agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2019, the first ever country-driven project was signed between the AFoCO Secretariat and the Republic of Kazakhstan on 7 March 2022. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project
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
8F, Forest Vision Center, 9 Gukhoedaero 62-gil,
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07236,
Republic of Korea
T. +82-2-785-8971
F. +82-2-785-8970
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]
