FAO press releases

• Importance of gender-inclusive communication discussed at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, 25 February 2016
• Forest advocate Patrick Dugan wins the 2016 Asia-Pacific Forest Champion Award, 24 February 2016
• Community-based forestry can be a driving force in boosting sustainability and people’s livelihoods, 23 February 2016
• Backed by a global accord on climate change, Asia-Pacific forestry leaders gather to set agenda through 2020, 23 February 2016
• Philippines to host Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, 19 February 2016

Video

• Dominique Reeb, FAO Senior Forestry Officer, talks about the potential of community-based forestry and its ability to address climate change

Publications

• Forty years of community-based forestry
• Forest and landscape restoration in Asia-Pacific forests

External news about APFW 2016

• Time to see the forests - for the sake of the trees, Jakarta Post, 26 February 2016
• Forest losses in Asia-Pacific alarm, SciDevNet, 27 February 2016
• Gaining momentum: building on our initiatives and strengths towards securing our rights to forestland and resources, sustainable forest management livelihoods and food security, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact statement, 26 February 2016
• Students in La Union chosen as earth ambassadors, ABS-CBN news channel, 23 February
• 12-year old Filipino kid is UN's Green Ambassador, Filipino Times, 25 February 2016
• UN selects Filipino boy from La Union as Young Earth Ambassador, Kicker Daily News, 24 February 2016
• UN picks La Union boy as Young Earth Ambassador, Yahoo News, 22 February 2016
• UN picks La Union boy as Young Earth Ambassador, Philippine Star, 22 February 2016
• Community-based forestry a driving force in boosting sustainability and people's livelihoods, Global Landscapes Forum
• DENR: Philippines committed to good forest governance, Eagle News, 24 February 2016
• Community-based forestry a driving force in boosting sustainability and people's livelihoods, The Point
• Government may surpass reforestation target, Philippine Star, 24 February 2016
• CIFOR leads climate change program at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, 24 February 2016
• Bringing the forests back to life, Daily Star, 24 February 2016
• Round-up: New FAO report stresses importance of community-based forestry, China.org, 24 February 2016
• New report stresses importance of community-based forestry, Manila Bulletin, 24 February 2016
• Philippines hosts Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, Latin American Herald Tribune
• New FAO report stresses importance of community-based forestry, Shanghai Daily, 24 February 2016
• New FAO report stresses importance of community-based forestry, Xinhuanet, 24 February 2016
• IFSA press release, 23 February 2016
• Asia Pacific forestry leaders gather in Clark for climate change conference, InterAksyon.com
• Asia-Pacific leaders gather to set agenda thru 2020, Kagay-an
• Community-based forestry a driving force in boosting sustainability and people's livelihoods, Star Africa
• Malacanang welcomes delegates of 2016 Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, Eagle News, 23 February 2016
• Philippines hosts Asia-Pacific Forestry Week; forest gains among the highlights, Seoul Post, 23 February 2016
• Forty years of community based forestry: A review of extent and effectiveness, ReliefWeb, 23 February 2016
• Asia Pacific foresters brace for climate change, Headline Gitnang Luzon, 23 February 2016
• Angelia Ong hosted the Opening Ceremony of Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016
• Editorial: Growing our future, Philippine Star, 22 February
• Government Statement: Undersecretary Manuel L. Quezon III on the week of February 22-26, 2016
• Clark hosts Asia-Pacific forestry industry confab, Manila Bulletin, 22 February 
• Forestry confab set at Clark, Journal online, 22 February
• Asia-Pacific Forestry Week set in Clark, Sun Star, Pampanga
• Philippines to host Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, Philippine Star
• CIFOR events at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 
• RECOFTC events at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
• ITTO and the World Resources Institute (WRI) will lead Thematic Stream 1: Pathways to Prosperity: Future Trade and Markets
• ASFN Secretariat events at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
• IFSA at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week: Growing environmental minds, growing our future
• APFNET events at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
• PEFC events at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week

Blogs

• Agroforestry World Blog: Asia-Pacific Forest Communication Network meets urgent need, 27 February 2016
• Bendum Young Foresters in Asia-Pacific Forestry Conference in 2016, Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center, 26 February 2016
• Agroforestry World Blog: One tree, many trunks, agroforestry and the Sustainable Development Goals (part 1), 26 February 2016
• Agroforestry World Blog: One tree, many trunks, ASEAN, national governments and smallholders (part 2), 26 February 2016
• IUFRO Blog: Global significance of teak - present and future, 25 February 2016
• Agroforestry World Blog: Serving society: forestry and people, 24 February 2016
• Agroforestry World Blog: Growing an agroforested future at Asia-Paciific Forestry Week, 18 February

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