Around 50 representatives from forestry bureaus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, development organizations, research agencies and financial institutions met in Bangkok, Thailand, 8-9 March 2018 to discuss financing opportunities and...

Welcome to this latest edition of the FLR Mechanism newsletter. In this issue, we present outcomes from some events and processes that the FLR Mechanism has been supporting. These include: launch of the project “Forest...

Forests are integral to providing environmental, social and economic services to the people in the Philippines. Alarmingly, forest cover declined from 16.9 million hectares in 1934 to 8.04 million hectares in 2015. To address this...

On 5 and 6 December 2017, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Forest Management Bureau (FMB), Bagong Pagasa Foundation and FAO...

The newly established Community of Practice for Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) hosted its inaugural online knowledge-sharing forum: “Innovative Approaches for Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration” with a webinar and a facilitated email-based...