Publications

The Annual Report 2022 highlights events, projects, and activities carried out in 2022 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.

This leaflet provides an overview of AFoCO’s portfolio and the extent of operations in Member Countries. It also features the achievements of its capacity-building initiatives such as the establishment of the AFoCO RETC.

During the virtual training of the AFoCO Regional Education and Training Center (RETC) on forest fire management in 2021, 47 young forest fire officers of 14 member countries pointed out that developing effective and well-structured communication schema across the level

To support and invest in developing capacities on forestry-related conflict resolution at the regional level, AFoCO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly organized a hybrid capacity-building training entitled “Resolving Conflicts to Advance Sustainable Forest

Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) have been jointly organizing capacity-building workshops on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in collaboration with partner organizations since 2021. The workshops are targeted at government officials and forestry experts from

Recognizing the importance of a framework for partnership with countries in the Central Asian region, finally, AFoCO RETC organized the “Consultative Workshop on Capacity Building for the Central Asian Region” from 20 to 21 October 2022, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) has been highlighted in many international forums, including the XV World Forestry Congress held in May 2022. The implementation of FLR with carbon benefits can provide opportunities for financial benefits associated with carbon sequestration. There is

Recognizing the crucial necessity of collaboration in increasing financial support for FLR, the functions of REDD+ in the FLR mechanism have been extensively researched. By implementing initiatives that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the REDD+ concept can contribute

With the aim of providing baseline information to aid the design of the cooperation framework under AFoCO, the Country Profile and Context (CPC) working drafts provide a general overview of the geographic profile, administrative setup, population, socio-economic situation, climatic conditions,

Forest crime can be broadly defined as the “illegal exploitation of wild flora.” According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), forest crime refers to a range of processes of “taking, trading (i.e., supplying, selling or trafficking),