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The SEANAFE Board met last 22-24 August 2006 in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. Other than the usual discussions on the administrative concerns of the Board, the meeting also served as a venue to welcome the new and bid farewell to the outgoing Technical Advisers of SEANAFE in the persons of Dr. Jesus C. Fernandez and Mr. Per Rudebjer, respectively.
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SEANAFE’s “Markets for Agroforestry Tree Products” Project turned out 5 country research reports on market chain analysis of selected agroforestry tree products, namely: bamboo from Laos, cashew nut from Indonesia and Vietnam, coconut from the Philippines, and rubber from Thailand. The research results were presented during the project’s second regional workshop held on 14-18 August 2006 in Chiangmai, Thailand which culminated the Phase 1 of the project.
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SEANAFE recently awarded research fellowships on agroforestry and natural resource management to 4 MS students coming from its member countries. The Fellowship aims to provide financial assistance to budding researchers who show keen interest on critical issues on agroforestry and natural resource management.
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The ThaiNAFE plans to conduct a public forum on “Agroforestry: An Alternative to Rubber Monoculture in North and Northeastern Thailand” to be held first week of December 2006 in Chiangmai, Thailand.
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The VNAFE invites everyone to visit their new website which was officially launched during its NAFEC meeting on 10 October 2006. To reach as much prospective audience within and beyond Vietnam, the website is written in both Vietnamese and English languages. It is hosted by the Department of Forest Resources Management of Tay Nguyen University and could be accessed at http://www.socialforestry.org.vn
For comments and suggestions, please email VNAFE Chair, Dr. Huy Bao at huy_bao@vnn.vn
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During its Committee meeting on 13-14 October 2006 at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, INAFE’s chair, Dr. Suhardi, presented the network’s draft charter for comments and suggestions of the committee members. The charter aims to institutionalize administration and management of the network toward ensuring a more systematic and sustainable operation.
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LaoNAFE held a workshop on 20 November 2006 at Ta Lat, Vientiane province to present the initial outputs and finalize the remaining activities of its project to produce slide teaching materials depicting agroforestry practices in the northern, central, and southern parts of Laos. The project aims to improve the effectiveness of teaching agroforestry subjects among its academic member institutions.
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12 x PhD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
(classified as ‘overseas’ for fees purposes)
- 7 – for new students registering in any subject area
- 5 – for University of Nottingham alumnus students registering in any subject area
- full tuition fee
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Every year, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) will hold an annual review meeting to discuss the progress of SEANAFE Phase II.
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Gender balance is often asked for but not always easily achieved in male-dominated universities in SEAsia. The good news is that, on November 30, 2005, LaoNAFE elected the first female Chair person of the network: Dr Latsamy Boupha, Lecturer at the Department of Wood Utilisation, Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos (NUOL). Dr Boupha has a PhD from University Putra Malaysia.
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The Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education (SEANAFE) hereby invites applicants for a regional MSc Thesis Research Fellowship in agroforestry and natural resources management. Deadline for application is 15 July, 2006.
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National case studies. Vientiane, Lao PDR, 5 - 8 March 2006
On 5-8 March 2006, Joel Tukan attended the SEANAFE - Marketing of Agroforestry Tree Products Team Leader Meeting – National case studies at Vientiane, Lao PDR. The meeting participants are Team Leader National Case Study from Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, ICRAF Staff and Mr. Joost Fopper, NTFP Consultant, SNV, Laos.
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 Prof. Dr. Ir. Suhardi of University Gadjah Mada (UGM) Faculty of Forestry, is the new Chair of the Indonesian Network for Agroforestry Education (INAFE). He was elected at INAFE’s 2nd National General meeting, held at UGM, Yogyakarta on 8 February, 2006. He is succeeding Dr Ma’mun Sarma of Bogor Agriculture University, who has been the INAFE Chair from 2003.
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SEANAFE’s new project ‘Markets for Agroforestry Tree Products’ is up and running. Teams from Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, altogether 23 persons –more than half of them female!— attended a 6-day Regional Training and Planning Workshop in Bangkok, held the last week of November. This was the start-up of a two-year effort to develop market-oriented curricula and teaching materials for SEAsia and to train teachers in all SEANAFE member institutions to use these tools.
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