APFNet

Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation
Capacity Building Thematic Trainings Forest Resources Management 2009 Training workshop on Methods, Tools and Skills for Promoting Legal and Sustainable Forest Management and Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region

Training workshop on Methods, Tools and Skills for Promoting Legal and Sustainable Forest Management and Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region

pre-training documentations

Organizing Partners

  • Workshop facilitator
    Mr. Peter Stephen(IDSS)
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  • Financial/In-kind support
    TNC/RAFT
    (http://www.raftprogram.org/)
  • Logistical service by
    STAFA
    (www.stafa.cn)

Wrap-up materials

  • Address book
  • Presentations by trainers
  • Reading materials for reference
  • Country reports by participants
  • Training report
  • Comments from participants

Description

A collaboration of APFNet, TNC and STAFA, with professional expertise to expose advanced information and techniques in sustainable management on forests and trade and to provide a platform to share experiences in the region.

Duration

August 31-September6, 2009

Training venue

Lijiang, China

Training course structure

Lectures, discussion and field trip

Objectives

  • An increased understanding of the current status and constraints facing SFM in the Asia Pacific Region;
  • An increased understanding of the regulatory, market and environmental factors that are acting as drivers to either encourage or inhibit SFM;
  • An increased understanding of the role of CSR as a private sector response to the changing regulatory and market environment;
  • An appreciation of some of the tools currently available to better promote SFM;
  • An appreciation of the key gaps and capacity building needs that needs to be addressed in order to accelerate progress towards SFM.

Target countries/economies

Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, PNG, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Chile

Number of participants

20