Educational programs and courses upskill current and future leaders and forest professionals to tackle the transformation needed to improve the forest sector, and where and how higher forestry education should go for Asia and the Pacific deserves long-range consideration and regional collaboration.
Initiated by APFNet, the Asia-Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism (AP-FECM), formerly known as the Forestry College Deans Meeting Mechanism in the Asia-Pacific Region, was proposed at the First Forestry College Deans Meeting in 2010 and formally established at the second meeting in 2011. As a regional cooperation and exchange platform, it promotes forestry education by strengthening collaboration and taking collaborative actions to further sustainable forest management.
AP-FECM is open to all relevant institutions (higher educational institutions, vocational training institutes, intergovernmental organizations, and NGOs) and now has 58 member universities/institutes/organizations.
So far, six meetings have been convened to promote effective exchange among members and partners.A set of 14 online SFM courses have been jointly developed by APFECM member universities and has benefited tens of thousands of forestry students and global learners.
AP-FECM is governed by the Steering Committee of 13 member affiliations, supported by the Chair and two Co-Chairs. The executive office, currently hosted by the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Forestry, leads daily operational work and event/activity organization, as well as maintenance of the
AP-FECM website.
