Agroforestry – growing trees on farms – can provide alternative resources, diversify livelihoods and mitigate the impacts of climate change. With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, CIFOR-ICRAF brought agroforestry expertise to the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC), a 10-year multi-partner collaboration with far-reaching impacts in Southeast Asia.
“We led the development of the ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development, provided technical support to Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development – which revised its national forestry law to include agroforestry – and facilitated the agroforestry roadmap for Cambodia,” said Delia Catacutan, Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia.
Knowledge Tree on Social Forestry is a rich source of information about social forestry practices in Southeast Asia, based on 10 years of ASFCC research.
Project info
Project
ICRAF support to the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change
Country
Vietnam
Funding partners
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Project partners
ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry (AWG-SF), The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme for South and Southeast Asia (NTFP-EP)
Focal points
Delia Catacutan, Regional Coordinator Southeast Asia and Quang Tan Nguyen, Country Coordinator
