Asia Forest Partnership (AFP)

1. Objectives:

The objective of Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) is to promote sustainable forest management in Asia-Pacific region by addressing the following urgent issues:

(a) Good governance and forest law enforcement;
(b) Developing capacity for effective forest management;
(c) Control of illegal logging;
(d) Control of forest fire;
(e) Rehabilitation and reforestation of degraded lands.

2. Activities:

Partners are to cooperate in such areas as:

(1) Development of forest policies, plans and programs including national forest programs;
(2) Development of land use and natural resource management arrangements;
(3) Use of satellite data for providing basic information for forest management;
(4) Promotion of research, information exchange and use of satellite data and mapping to tackle forest fire and haze and regional actions for prevention and control of fire;
(5) Promotion of reforestation and afforestation to rehabilitate degraded lands;
(6) Establishment and implementation of reduced impact logging and guidelines for controlling illegal logging;
(7) Developing and enhancing log tracking capacity and introduction of verification system such as labeling;
(8) Promoting effective measures, in both importing and exporting countries, to eliminate export and import of illegally harvested timber;
(9) International cooperation and coordination on trade statistics, information exchange on illegal logging and illegal trade, study of possible measures related to trade;
(10) Development of regional data sharing program on illegal logging;
(11) Undertaking research on impact of illegal logging;
(12) Awareness raising through holding seminars on combating illegal logging and enhancing understanding on the multiple benefits of forest;
(13) Promoting participation of various kinds of stakeholders including Major Groups and local communities;
(14) Human resource development;
(15) Institutional development and capacity building;
(16) Strengthening of inter-sectoral coordination within governments.

3. Partners: (as of Nov. 2007)

Governments: (19)

Australia, Cambodia, China, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Nepal, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, European Commission (EC)

Intergovernmental Organizations: (6)

Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Local Authorities, Civil Society, Accademies, etc.: (16)

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
United Nations University (UNU),
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), World Resources Institute (WRI),
WWF-Indonesia, Tropenbos-International,
Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), Tropbio-Forest,
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES),
Global Environmental Forum (GEF), PNG Eco-forestry Forum,
University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia),
Forest Services of South Sumatra (Indonesia),
South Asia Cooperative Environmental Programme (Sri Lanka),
Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and Pacific (RECOFTC),
Yogyakarfa School of Environmental Engineering (Indonesia)

4. Contact person:

Mr. Hiro Miyazono

Assistant Director, International Forestry Cooperation Office, Forestry Agency of Japan
Address: 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8952, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3591-8449
Fax: +81-3-3593-9565
E-mail: afp_japan@nm.maff.go.jp

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