APAFRI-Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions

Asia Pacific Workshop on Forest Hydrology: Water and Forests –
Beyond traditional forest hydrology

Forest Research Institute (Dehradun, India) and APAFRI will organized the workshop on Forest Hydrology in Dehradun, India from 23-25 September 2013.

Important dates:
*	Submission of abstract	:	31 July 2013
*	Early Registration	:	15 August 2013
*	Communication regarding acceptance	:	15 August 2013

Added 11 June 2013

KFRI Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers

Applications are invited from Ph.D. graduates in the field of forest, forestry and forest products for the Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers in the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI). The fellowship is funded through research grants from KFRI.

Download	1	.	Job Announcement
	2	.	Application Guidelines
	3	.	Application Form

Added 16 May 2013

International Conference on Transition to Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation: The Enabling Environment and Roadmap
The conference is scheduled to be held in Beijing, China, 21-23 October 2013 organized by Renmin University of China, in technical collaboration with Seoul National University, South Korea and Kyoto University Japan.
Added 26 April 2013

Arbonaut User Days 2013
	Arbonaut is a technology company founded in Finland in 1994 which specialize in GIS, forest inventory based on remote sensing data and management applications for sustainable natural resource management. Arbonaut User Days 2013 workshop will be held from 19-21 August 2013 at Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Website : www.arbonaut.com/AUD2013.
Added 17 April 2013

International Congress of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology (ICMSM2013)
ICMSM2013 will be held in the beautiful island of Langkawi, Malaysia from 12-15 December 2013. This Congress is organised by the Malaysian Society for Microbiology themed "Microbes with a Mission: New Advances and Trends".
Added 4 April 2013

Compilation of Extended Abstracts printed
The International Conference on Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Culture for Green Economy was successfully held on 5-8 November 2012 in Yangling, China. All participants will be receiving a copy of the compilation soon. For softcopy, please download at the publication page.
Added 1 April 2013

Global Environment Facility (GEF) Forest Invasives Southeast Asia
A project funded by GEF entitled "Removing Barriers to Invasive Species Management in Production and Protection Forests in SE Asia" aims to enhance the capacity of four pilot countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam) to manage IAS, particularly in forest ecosystems, by strengthening existing national frameworks for the prevention and management of IAS. Get more details of the project at http://www.gefforestinvasivessea.org/.
Added 4 January 2013

The Regional Pan-Asia / Pacific consultation “Building Advanced National and Regional Capacities in Integrated Fire Management based on Participatory Involvement of Local Communities”

The consultation was successfully held in Lalitpur, Nepal, 20–22 November 2012. Seventy-two participants from 10 countries attended and contributed to the meeting. Additionally input papers were received from the Russian Federation and Indonesia.

More Info	:	Conference website
	1.	Conference Booklet
	2.	Report of the Consultation
	3.	Presentations by national and international participants
	4.	Photo gallery
	5.	Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

Added 4 January 2013

International Forestry Graduate Students’ Conference 2013 (FORGRAD2013)
Faculty of Forestry Graduate’s Student Society (FORGRAD) in collaboration with the Management of Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia will be organizing The International Forestry Graduate Students Conference 2013 (FORGRAD2013) from 2–4 July 2013. Due date for abstract submission is 31st December 2012.
Added 18 December 2012

1st International Scientific Symposium on Agarwood (ISSA)
		ISSA 2013 will be held on 3-5 September 2013 at Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Deadline for abstract submission is 1st April 2013.

Download: First Announcement Website: www.forr.upm.edu.my/index.php/issa2013
Added 28 November 2012


APAFRI Sixth General Assembly
The APAFRI Sixth General Assembly was successfully convened in Guangzhou, China which attended by 26 institutional members of APAFRI. Forest Research Institute of Malaysia was re-elected as the Chair of the APAFRI Executive Committee.

Added 4 September 2012

FAO Forest and Climate Change Newsletter Clim-Fo-L
Forest and Climate Change Team at FAO is compiling a monthly electronic newsletter, CLIM-FO-L, which disseminates information on forests and climate change. CLIM-FO-L includes, among other things, information about events, new publications and articles, job openings, and UNFCCC negotiations. Issues of Clim-Fo-L and directions on how to subscribe are accessible through this link. FAO invites you to subscribe and also to send the relevant postings that may be included in upcoming issues of CLIM-FO-L.
Added 7 June 2012

Asia and the Pacific Workshop - Multinational and Transboundary Conservation of Valuable and Endangered Forest Tree Species
This workshop was successfully held from December 5-7, 2011 in Guangzhou, China to share and exchange information and experiences in multinational and transboundary forest tree species conservation and related issues.
Added 9 January 2012

APAFRI's Twinning Programme

APAFRI has proposed to establish Twinning Programmes for its member institutions primarily for forestry research and development, education, and other forestry related matters. A Twinning Programme is a cooperation and collaboration arrangement between two institutions towards achieving mutually beneficial expectations.

Download: Announcement