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(Canadian International Development Agency)
through the
Tree Link Project.
ACIAR
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Forestry Faculty supported the Internet
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Activities > APFORGEN 20th Anniversary
and Strategy Review Meeting
APFORGEN
20th Anniversary and Strategy Review Meeting
14-17 March 2023
Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
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Since
its establishment in 2003, the Asia Pacific Forest Genetic
Resources Programme (APFORGEN) provides a unique platform
for the region’s researchers and forestry experts to develop
and share best practices and capacities for the conservation
and sustainable management of forest and tree genetic
resources. APFORGEN member countries implement a regional
strategy that supports the implementation of the Global
Plan of Action on Forest Genetic Resources, work which
has been endorsed by the Asia Pacific Forestry Commission.
APFORGEN’s previous strategy, developed in 2017, helped
the countries to raise over US$1.5 million for regional
collaboration between 2018 and 2022.
As
APFORGEN celebrates its 20th anniversary, a strategy review
meeting was organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from
14 to 17 March 2023 with the following objectives:
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Review extent to which the current strategy was achieved,
and related success factors and lessons learned
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Refine
an updated regional strategy for 2023-2027 with 3-4
strategic objectives
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Develop
concrete project and activity plans to implement the
strategic objectives through regional collaboration
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Organise
a webinar on the importance of tree seed supply in achieving
national forest and landscape restoration targets, to
raise awareness about the importance of APFORGEN’s work.
The
workshop was jointly organized by APFORGEN, the Alliance
of Bioversity International and CIAT, and the Asia Pacific
Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI),
and funded by NIFOS and the OneCGIAR Research Initiative
on Nature-Positive Solutions. This workshop participated
by 30 representatives from APFORGEN member countries.
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part of the week’s programme, a webinar entitled ‘Organising
Tree Seed Supply for National Forest and Landscape Restoration
Targets: Experiences from Asia’ was also conducted. |
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Seed
supply shortages constrain restoration targets
Riina Jalonen, Alliance of Bioversity International
and CIAT |
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Management
of seed sources in Indonesia
Vivi Yuskianti and Ria Cahyaningsih, National Research
and Innovation Agency, Indonesia |
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Scope
and opportunities for organised tree seed supply in
India
Rekha R Warrier and Ravichand Anandalakshmi, Institute
of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, India |
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Seed
production program for forest restoration and commercial
plantation establishment in Sri Lanka
K M A Bandara, Forest Department, Sri Lanka |
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Seed
collection and conservation for Myanmar Reforestation
and Rehabilitation Programme
Mu Mu Aung and Aung Zaw Moe, Forest Research Institute,
Forest Department, Myanmar |
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Germplasm
conservation selected indigenous forest trees in the
Mt Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines
Lerma SJ Maldia, University of the Philippines Los
Baños |
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Engaging
communities to participate in conservation and management
of endangered tree species in Lao PDR
Chaloun Bounithiphonh, National Agriculture and Forestry
Research Institute, Lao PDR |
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Improving
seed supply system in Cambodia
Syneath Sreng, Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research
and Development, Cambodia |
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