Publications

The Annual Report 2023 highlights events, projects, and activities carried out in 2023 carried out in partnership with our member countries and partner institutions. The report also recaps the organization’s progress to date and provides updates on project activities.

The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) signals a pivotal shift towards more robust, strategic global objectives for the conservation of biodiversity. More than 190 countries demonstrated leadership and ambition in adopting the KM-GBF and committing to translate

Friends of Asia and Asian Forests (FAAF) is a collaborative platform for climate action convened its inaugural forum on February 6, bringing together corporations, and partner organizations from Korea to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to

Under the Strategic Plan (2024–2030). AFoCO will address the climate crisis and associated challenges of forest loss, poverty and governance through two Strategic Thrusts — Sustainable management of forests to secure environmental, social and economic benefits; and Contributions to the 1.5 °C Paris

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration emphasizes the urgent need to restore degraded forests, especially in the tropics, threatening millions of people. AFoCO and ITTO have jointly conducted FLR capacity-building workshops since 2021 with regional partners, engaging 121 participants from

AFoCO RETC organized an intensive discussion with its Member Parties on 11-13 July 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Acknowledge the importance of partnerships in maximizing the financial support for FLR , the workshop emphasized forest carbon assessments in Forest Landscape Restoration

The UNCBD COP15 concluded with the endorsement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) in December 2022, uniting 196 nations toward biodiversity conservation and restoration by 2030, outlining four ambitious goals and 23 targets. The forestry sector aligns with the

Climate change is one of the major urgent challenges facing humanity and the planet today. Far more needs to be done to achieve global warming levels below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030. Now is the time for continuous, impactful actions

The project brief provides an overview of the AFoCO/037/2023 on “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Adaptation to Climate Change and Forest Fire Management in the Mekong Region.”

The project brief provides an overview of the AFoCO/035/2022 on “Improved Local Community Livelihoods through Increased Income from Non-timber Forest Products (NTFP): Modelling scalable community-based enterprises in Asia.”