Asean forest network gets boost

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) has become the new supporting partner of the Asean Social Forestry Network (ASFN), which aims to promote of policies and sustainable practices in social forestry.

The ASFN is a government-driven social forestry network that links government forestry policy-makers directly with members of civil society, research organizations, academe, the private sector, and experts of related fields to share the common vision of growth of social forestry in all Asean member-countries. Asean is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.