ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry

13th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF) and its Related Meetings
posted 23-July-2010

          The Philippines through the Forest Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will play host to the 13th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF) and its Related Meetings. The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau and the Forest Products Research and Development Institute will host the two expert group meetings on Herbal and Medicinal Plants and Forest Products Development, respectively. The 5-day event will be held on 26-30 July 2010 at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City.

          High level and senior forestry officials from ASEAN countries comprising Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines shall discuss major policies, programs and issues that affect forestry sector in the ASEAN region.

          The Meetings will take up, among others, matters on the ASEAN Multisectoral Framework on Climate Change and country experiences on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.
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          The Forest Management Bureau (FMB) joins the nation in celebrating Women's Month this March 2010 with activities that will highlight the role of women in forest management, conservation and development.

          In cognizance of this year's theme: "Babae: Tagumpay ka ng bayan," the Bureau will commence with the conduct of gender analysis of selected forestry policies and determine absence of gender bias in the forestry sector and how the bureaucracy responds to gender concerns both in the workplace and project level specifically for project beneficiaries. Read more