Bangkok--9 Jul--Brand Now
Community forest members, indigenous peoples and smallholders from Asia's forests gathered in Bangkok today for The pre-World Forestry Congress regional meeting on people and forests: Investing in local communities for sustainable forests. The regional meeting will ensure that local community voices are heard at the upcoming XIV World Forestry Congress, the largest and most significant gathering of the world's forestry sector, set to take place in Durban, South Africa in September 2015.
Photo from left to right: Mr.Kanoksak Duangkaewroen, Chief Executive of the Mae Tha Sub District. Administrative Organization, Dr.Dong Geun Han, Project Director of Center for Consulting &Project Management, Institute for International Development Cooperation, Mr.Trevor Abrahams, Secretary General, XIV World Forestry Congress, Dr.Tint Lwin Thaung, Executive Director, RECOFTC and Mr.Patrick Durst, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific