Addressing the general assembly, Dato’ Dr Abd Latif reaffirmed the Institute’s commitment to hosting the Secretariat in FRIM and also announced the decision to retain its senior researcher, Dr Sim Heok-Choh, as the Executive Secretary managing the operations of the secretariat.
The new APAFRI Executive Committee for 2009-2012 comprises the following:
Chairman: Dato’ Dr Abd Latif Mohmod (FRIM)
Vice Chairman: Dr G. S. Rawat (ICFRE, India)
Immediate Past Chairman: Mr Sarath Fernando (FD, Sri Lanka)
Committee:
Dr Isamo Okochi (FFPFRI, Japan)
Prof. Simon Saulei (PNG-FRI, Papua New Guinea)
Dr Aida Baja-Lapis, Philipines)
Prof. M. Al Amin (IFES, Bangladesh)
Dr Xu Daping (RIFT, China)
Dr Putera Parthama (FORDA, Indonesia)
In addition, Senior External Relations Advisor for Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)-Indonesia Dr Efransjah, who is also the former UNDP/GEF Peat Swamp Forest Project (MAL/99/G31) Chief Technical Advisor, and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Forestry Faculty Dean Dr Awang Noor Abd. Ghani were elected as the Internal Auditor.
APAFRI is an independent non-profit organisation established in 1995 with the aim of enhancing research and technology development capabilities to support the conservation and management of forest resources in the Asia Pacific region and it has a total of 61 institutional members.
