Call for Papers, March conference on smallholder and community forestry CIFOR, the French research institute for development (IRD) and the French international research center for agricultural development (CIRAD) will host an international conference “Taking stock of smallholder and community forestry: Where do we go from here?” on 24 - 26 March 2010 in Montpellier, France   more

At Forest Day 1 and 2 we provided a platform for a wide range of organisations to present side events that showcased relevant initiatives and ideas related to forests and climate change. This year we will have only eight Learning Events. We encourage you to submit an application form for an exhibition booth or poster display, to ensure that Forest Day 3 enables as many stakeholders as possible to share their knowledge. Click here to download a submission form for an exhibition booth Click here to download a submission form for a poster display Submission forms should be emailed to cifor-forestday@cgiar.org. The deadline has been extended to 31 October 2009.   more

Download Statement of the AFP Chair from the Asia Forest Partnership Dilaogue: REDD and Combating Illegal Logging, 28-29 May 2009, Bali, Indonesia.   more

27-29 May 2009, Bali, Indonesia  The dialogue was hosted by the Indonesian government in collaboration with CIFOR with financial contributions from the governments of Japan and Switzerland and the USAID RAFT-TNC Program, GTZ, the EC-Indonesia FLEGT Support Project, WRI, IGES and DFID. AFP dialogues are open events, designed to encourage discussion about key forest issues, rather than build consensus. This year more than 250 participants attended, including politicians, scientists, aid workers and law enforcement specialists.   more

Training Event: Managing Natural Resource Conflict: Concepts and Practice, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-25 September 2009. Registration deadline: 15 August 2009. Training Event: Landscape Functions and People-Applying Strategic Planning Approaches for Good Natural Resource Governance, Bangkok, Thailand, 26 October to 6 November 2009. Registration deadline: 26 September 2009   more

An International Conference and Business Round Table Focused on Legal & Certified Forests & Forest Products in Asia Pacific: Harmonizing Policy and Practice, China, September 8 - 9, 2009. This intensive, two-day conference will examine trends in legal and certified forests and markets -- globally and in China -- and explore ways to harmonize policy and practice and enhance the capacity for positive change.   more

Tough policy issues surrounding the global timber trade were again under the spotlight recently, as forestry experts from around the world gathered in Hanoi to attend the Asia Forest Partnership’s Dialogue on Timber Trade, Forest Law Compliance and Governance. As one of the highlight events at Asia Pacific Forestry Week in Vietnam, the AFP Dialogue brought together over 500 forestry stakeholders to discuss sustainability in the trade of timber and forest products, and to develop strategies for success in an increasingly regulated environment.   more

At a pivotal time for the future of forests worldwide, Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) has renewed its commitment to sustainable forest management and updated its key themes and functions in line with current international trends and opportunities.   more

Filling the gap in Asian forest governance: An evaluative analysis of AFP (pdf, 3 Mb)   more

AFP in the News   more