ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN)

^{9th ASFN Annual Meeting, 3 June 2015, Shan State, Myanmar (Photo source: RECOFTC)}

The ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) is a government driven social forestry network in Southeast Asia, with the goal of strengthening ASEAN Cooperation in Social Forestry through the sharing of information and knowledge. ASFN links government forestry policy-makers directly with other network members from civil society, research organizations, academia, private sector and experts of related fields. The establishment of ASFN was deliberated during the ASEAN Workshop on Social Forestry held in March 2005 in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, and was endorsed during the 8th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF) in August 2005 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

ASFN meets yearly.

Focal Office:: Forest Management Bureau (FMB)
Date Launched:: August 2005
Focal Persons:: ASOF Leader:
DIR. RICARDO L. CALDERON
Director
       DENR - Forest Management Bureau
       Tel. Nos. - (632) 928 9313 / 927 4788
FOR. ORLANDO PANGANIBAN
     Chief, Forest Resources Management Division
DENR - Forest Management Bureau
Tel. No. - (632) 927 8127
Status / Updates:: The 6th ASFN Conference was held on June 1-3, 2015 with theme “ASEAN Economic Community and its Inter-Relationships with Community Livelihoods and Environment Conservation.”

In the 9th ASFN Meeting, Indonesia reiterated its commitment to support ASFN to serve as ASFN Secretariat. The ASFN Secretariat was tasked to review the current Strategic Plan of Action (SPA) and new SPA beyond 2015 taking into account the agreed strategic thrusts and action programmes of ASEAN cooperation in Forestry (2016-2025).

The Meeting acknowledged the two events proposed by the ASFN Secretariat that have been approved by the Secretariat for the World Forestry Congress 2015.
Latest Activities:: 6th ASFN Conference and 9th Annual Meeting, 1-5 June 2015, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Attended by For. Isabelita Austria and For. Luz Maria Lansigan)

Next Schedule of Meeting: 10th ASFN meeting will be hosted by the Philippines to be held immediately after the Asia Pacific Forestry Week in February 2016.
Sources / Relevant Links:: http://www.asfnsec.org/general/asfn-conference-and-annual-meeting

http://www.asfnsec.org/publications/asfn-flyer

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