On 7^th April 2017, the inception meeting of APFNet funded project “Demonstration on Integrated Planning and Management of Forest Ecosystem in Greater Mekong Sub-region (Pu'er Project Site, P.R.China)”was held in Pu’er Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Representatives from Yunnan Provincial Forestry Department, Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Forestry Bureau of Pu’er Prefecture, Pu’er Forestry Research Institute, People’s Government of Simao District, Forestry Bureau of Simao District, APFNet Kunming Training Center and APFNet Secretariat attended the meeting.                                               

The inception meeting of the project “Demonstration on Integrated Planning and Management of Forest Ecosystem in Greater Mekong Sub-region (Pu'er Project Site, P.R.China)”was held in Pu’er Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province on 7^th April 2017.

Being aware of the importance of forest ecosystem on protecting environment and biodiversity, benefiting agricultural production and supporting social development in Lancang-Mekong Watershed, in 2015, APFNet proposed the regional project “Demonstration on Integrated Planning and Management of Forest Ecosystem in Greater Mekong Sub-region” to build a platform for economies in GMS region to collaboratively promote integrated forest ecosystem management and enhance the ecological, economic, social and cultural functions of the forest ecosystem in Lancang-Mekong Watershed. As the first launched sub-project, the initiation of Pu’er sub-project indicated the regional project is finally transferred from paper to tangible actions.

During the next five years, Wanzhangshan Forest Farm, as the executing agency of Pu’er sub-project, will develop its Master Plan and Action Plan of Integrated Forest Ecosystem Management Plan, establish forest tending demonstration sites for Pinus kesiya and Betula alnoides as well as construct demonstration plot for resin production and precious plant collection garden of south-subtropical region.