From July 11-21, the Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet), the Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity (YAB), the Southwest Forestry University (SWFU), and the Yunnan Academy of Forestry (YAF) will hold a special workshop on the Role of Forest Resource Management in Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). The workshop will be held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, P. R. China and will include a field-visit to Pu'er, Yunnan Province. The workshop is sponsored by the People’s Republic of China and APFNet.

The workshop ultimately aims to promote and share best practices and lessons learned with regards to improving watershed management through better forest management. The workshop will explore and examine the major challenges associated with integrating watershed management and forest management and the opportunities to develop and implement regional demonstration projects.

For application, please visit http://www.mekonginstitute.org/program/uppcoming-program/316-workshop-on-the-role-of-forest-resource-management-in-gms-july-11-21-2012-.html

For more information please contact Ms. Jian Wang, Program Coordinator at jwang@mekonginstitute.org or Telephone No. + 66(0) 4320 2411 – 2 Ext.409.