First graduating class of APFNet Scholarship master’s students at Nanjing Forestry University
On 24 June 2016, nine students at Nanjing Forestry University (NFU) successfully graduated from the APFNet Scholarship Program (ASP). The students were the first graduating class at NFU since the program’s initiation at the university in 2014.
Students take part in a class discussion at NFU.
APFNet students participate in the Nanjing Youth Festival, September 2015.
Visit to a cable yarding operation site at the Experimental Center of
Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry (ECT-CAF).
Field trip to Guangxi Xiangsheng Particleboard Co. Ltd, Southwest China.
Class of 2016 ASP graduates at NFU.
Vice Principal of NFU, Professor Li Ping Ping, and Ms. Nor Halizah Binti Abd. Halim from Malaysia.
Vice Principal of NFU, Professor Li Ping Ping, and Ms. Nor Halizah Binti Abd. Halim from Malaysia.
“APFNet has provided us with a valuable opportunity to study abroad, allowing us to gain technical knowledge related to sustainable forest management and rehabilitation and to learn about our classmates’ and the Chinese economy, history and culture”, stated Mr. Muhammad Ramzan, a scholarship student from Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the APFNet graduates at the graduation ceremony.
Students take part in a class discussion at NFU.
APFNet students participate in the Nanjing Youth Festival, September 2015.
The students from Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea all had forestry-related backgrounds and work experience before they joined the program in 2014. Small class sizes of 8 to 10 students meant that there were more opportunities for each student to discuss forestry theory and policy with their teacher and classmates in a structured classroom environment.
Students also took part in a wide range of cultural activities and adopted a hands-on approach to learning about forestry practices over the course of the two year Forestry and Environmental Engineering master’s degree at NFU, the only program conducted in English at the university.
Students also took part in a wide range of cultural activities and adopted a hands-on approach to learning about forestry practices over the course of the two year Forestry and Environmental Engineering master’s degree at NFU, the only program conducted in English at the university.
Visit to a cable yarding operation site at the Experimental Center of
Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry (ECT-CAF).
Field trip to Guangxi Xiangsheng Particleboard Co. Ltd, Southwest China.
The Scholarship Program was launched in 2010 under APFNet’s Capacity Building Framework. Beijing Forestry University and NFU are the two host universities. To-date, APFNet has supported 45 students from across the Asia-Pacific region in completing their master’s degree program.
