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AFoCO Secretariat welcomes 2022 STEP Program participants

September 19, 2022—AFoCO welcomed the 2022 AFoCO Science and Technology Exchange Partnership (STEP) Program participants to the Republic of Korea to begin their research journey. The AFoCO STEP, first launched in 2019, was postponed by three years due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AFoCO welcomes Kyrgyz Republic as new member Party

The Asian Forest Cooperation Organization welcomes the Kyrgyz Republic coming on board as a full-fledged Party. Having the Kyrgyz Republic as a Party to AFoCO will have an expanded regional representation of the Central Asian region, strengthening organizational presence on the global level and promoting

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Forests as a Nature-based Solution to mitigate climate change

Introduction The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted that climate change is impacting all regions across the globe — increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, prolonged fire seasons of higher intensity, increasing occurrences of warmer days, (IPCC, 2022). The

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AFoCO becomes UN Decade Supporting Partner

AFoCO joins global movement to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation August 22, 2022 — We are proud to announce that the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) is now an official Supporting Partner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) 2021-2030. Together

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AFoCO project supports Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink 2030 goals

September 1, 2022, Riau Province, Indonesia — As part of the AFoCO-Indonesia project on ‘Innovative Solutions for Climate Change and Biodiversity Landscape Strategy to Support SDGs in Indonesia (AFoCO/023/2021)‘, a three-day training targeted at GIS field practitioners operator was held in Pekanbaru City, Riau Province.

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Cambodia Celebrates National Tree Planting Day (Arbor Day)

His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath, NORODOM SIHAMONI, King of CambodiaPresided over the Ceremony Organized in Snoeng Commune, Banan District, Battambang Province, Cambodia, 09 July 2022 Introduction Cambodia was blessed with a relatively rich forest resource that was estimated to be more than 13

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AFoCO Secretariat welcomes 2022 STEP Program participants

September 19, 2022—AFoCO welcomed the 2022 AFoCO Science and Technology Exchange Partnership (STEP) Program participants to the Republic of Korea to begin their research journey. The AFoCO STEP, first launched in 2019, was postponed by three years due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AFoCO welcomes Kyrgyz Republic as new member Party

The Asian Forest Cooperation Organization welcomes the Kyrgyz Republic coming on board as a full-fledged Party. Having the Kyrgyz Republic as a Party to AFoCO will have an expanded regional representation of the Central Asian region, strengthening organizational presence on the global level and promoting

Read More »

Forests as a Nature-based Solution to mitigate climate change

Introduction The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted that climate change is impacting all regions across the globe — increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, prolonged fire seasons of higher intensity, increasing occurrences of warmer days, (IPCC, 2022). The

Read More »

AFoCO becomes UN Decade Supporting Partner

AFoCO joins global movement to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation August 22, 2022 — We are proud to announce that the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) is now an official Supporting Partner of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) 2021-2030. Together

Read More »

AFoCO project supports Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink 2030 goals

September 1, 2022, Riau Province, Indonesia — As part of the AFoCO-Indonesia project on ‘Innovative Solutions for Climate Change and Biodiversity Landscape Strategy to Support SDGs in Indonesia (AFoCO/023/2021)‘, a three-day training targeted at GIS field practitioners operator was held in Pekanbaru City, Riau Province.

Read More »

Cambodia Celebrates National Tree Planting Day (Arbor Day)

His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath, NORODOM SIHAMONI, King of CambodiaPresided over the Ceremony Organized in Snoeng Commune, Banan District, Battambang Province, Cambodia, 09 July 2022 Introduction Cambodia was blessed with a relatively rich forest resource that was estimated to be more than 13

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