DATE 30 August – 3 September 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO and ITTO NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 72 trainees (15 countries) Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is an inclusive and integrated landscape approach that can help reverse land degradation, increase carbon storage, conserve biodiversity, and create
DATE 19-23 July 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 60 trainees (14 countries) Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) is a type of market-based incentive system offered to farmers or landowners in exchange for managing their land to provide some ecological services
DATE 31 May – 4 June 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 50 trainees (11 countries) Despite the significant area that forests cover — approximately 4 billion hectares globally and 740 million hectares in the Asia-Pacific region — they are the last
DATE 3-7 May 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 44 trainees (12 countries) Climate change is a natural phenomenon that has significant and adverse impacts not only on the ecological system but also on the Earth and human beings. Asia is
DATE 22-26 March 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 38 trainees (10 countries) While AFoCO remains committed to undertaking action-oriented forest cooperation activities, the Secretariat has been initiating efforts to develop programs and projects with relevance to their five (5) Strategic
DATE 30 August – 3 September 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO and ITTO NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 72 trainees (15 countries) Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is an inclusive and integrated landscape approach that can help reverse land degradation, increase carbon storage, conserve biodiversity, and create
DATE 19-23 July 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 60 trainees (14 countries) Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) is a type of market-based incentive system offered to farmers or landowners in exchange for managing their land to provide some ecological services
DATE 31 May – 4 June 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 50 trainees (11 countries) Despite the significant area that forests cover — approximately 4 billion hectares globally and 740 million hectares in the Asia-Pacific region — they are the last
DATE 3-7 May 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 44 trainees (12 countries) Climate change is a natural phenomenon that has significant and adverse impacts not only on the ecological system but also on the Earth and human beings. Asia is
DATE 22-26 March 2021 VENUE Virtual ORGANIZERS AFoCO RETC NO. OF TRAINEES (COUNTRIES) 38 trainees (10 countries) While AFoCO remains committed to undertaking action-oriented forest cooperation activities, the Secretariat has been initiating efforts to develop programs and projects with relevance to their five (5) Strategic
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]
