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
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
As the project embarks on to its 2nd year from 2022, the 2nd Project Steering Committee meeting was held virtually on 20th December 2021 for project AFoCO/016/2021 for “Promotion of Vertical Integration in Wood Processing through People’s Organizations in Community Based Forest Management Areas in
The Secretariat has been working on Project Impacts and Best Practices of the 6 Completed Projects and 1 ongoing project with Professor Jurgen Blaser at Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland and Dr. Ian Thompson. Consistent with the agreed Terms of Reference (ToR) and
The Philippines, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), just wrapped up its national roll-out of the AFoCO Online Training on Project Development and Proposal Writing last June 7-11, 2021, via Zoom application. As mentioned previously, the national roll-out aims to address the
Goal & Objectives The project aims to support the vertical integration in Community Based Forest Management areas through the promotion of community-based livelihood opportunities through the utilization of existing plantations. It is designed to address the lack of value-adding and unsustainable timber production in Community
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
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
As the project embarks on to its 2nd year from 2022, the 2nd Project Steering Committee meeting was held virtually on 20th December 2021 for project AFoCO/016/2021 for “Promotion of Vertical Integration in Wood Processing through People’s Organizations in Community Based Forest Management Areas in
The Secretariat has been working on Project Impacts and Best Practices of the 6 Completed Projects and 1 ongoing project with Professor Jurgen Blaser at Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland and Dr. Ian Thompson. Consistent with the agreed Terms of Reference (ToR) and
The Philippines, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), just wrapped up its national roll-out of the AFoCO Online Training on Project Development and Proposal Writing last June 7-11, 2021, via Zoom application. As mentioned previously, the national roll-out aims to address the
Goal & Objectives The project aims to support the vertical integration in Community Based Forest Management areas through the promotion of community-based livelihood opportunities through the utilization of existing plantations. It is designed to address the lack of value-adding and unsustainable timber production in Community
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]
