Myanmar will join Asian forest cooperation organization
The Union Parliament on Tuesday approved the signing of the regional agreement for the establishment of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization, after President U Htin Kyaw put forward the proposal. Burma’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation presented the proposal to Parliament last month. The organization was proposed by Korea in 2009 and an agreement for its establishment (between Korea and ASEAN countries) was signed in 2012 at the 14th ASEAN-Republic of Korea Summit. The Asia-wide AFoCO was established in September 2015. Prior to that, South Korea had been providing technical support for forestry management, restoration and rehabilitation to ASEAN countries, including Burma, from 2009-11.
