APAFRI-Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions

Virtual Knowledge Sharing Workshop:
Application of DNA Markers in Identifying Tree Species

Please register at https://forms.gle/Bv7K1pgFam5PEaPu8 .

Updated 13 March 2023

Webinar Invitation - APFORGEN: Experiences from Asia in Tree Seed Supply

APAFRI members are invited to attend this webinar to hear how the Asian countries are addressing tree seed shortages and developing seed supply, to meet diverse forest restoration objectives under a changing climate.

Please visit APFORGEN Website for more details and registration.

Updated 9 March 2023

Online Scientific Writing Course

Due to the overwhelming responses and participation in 2022, we are pleased to announce that APAFRI will organize the course in April 2023 again! This course is free of charge and open to all scientists from APAFRI member institutions.

Updated 8 March 2023

1st Workshop of Asian Urban Forests Network (AUFN) for People & Environment

This workshop was participated by 16 researchers from Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The objective of the workshop was to focus on the present status of urban forests and cognition of street trees and urban forests in diverse environment of the city in Asia.

Updated 13 January 2023

Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the APAFRI Executive Committee

The 26th Executive Committee Meeting was held virtually with the participation of eight members of the Executive Committee. The meeting discussed the programs to strengthen the engagement of members with APAFRI and also the relationship among the members.
Updated 16 February 2022

The Ninth General Assembly

The APAFRI Ninth General Assembly was held virtually on 7 December 2021, participated by 26 representatives from 16 countries in Asia Pacific region. APAFRI was honoured to have the presence of Dr. Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as the observer. The new Executive Committee (2021-2024) was elected during the meeting.
Updated 7 December 2021

Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the APAFRI Executive Committee

The 25th Executive Committee Meeting was successfully organized virtually with the participation of five members of the current Executive Committee. One of the main agenda discussed during this meeting was the proposal to conduct the Ninth General Assembly virtually in early December 2021.
Updated 6 October 2021

FRIM's New Director General

The Secretariat is pleased to inform that Dr Ismail Parlan has been appointed as the fifth Director General (DG) of Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) effective 30 April 2021. He was the Forestry and Environment Division Director before replacing Dr Khali Aziz Hamzah who has retired. On behalf of member institutions, the Secretariat would like to thank Dr Khali Aziz Hamzah for his contributions and wish him happy retirement.

APAFRI congratulates Dr. Ismail Parlan for the appointment and welcomes him as the head of this association representing FRIM. FRIM has been elected as the Chairman of APAFRI for 2018-2021 during the Eighth General Assembly.

The Secretariat is aware that over the last 2/3 years, there may be staff and organizational changes in most of the member institutions too. Therefore, we would like to request all members to update the latest email of the contact person. This is important because the Secretariat has encountered some problems to send information and invoices to some members because of invalid email addresses which lead to lost contact.

The communication between the Secretariat and member institutions will be further strengthened by having the emails send to focal point or nominated official representative of the member institution, and he/she shall forward to his/her other colleagues. We really need cooperation of members to handle this matter.

Updated 10 June 2021