About Us

The Regional Model Forest Network—Asia (RMFN-Asia) is an initiative that brings people across Asia together to help them sustainably manage their landscapes. These landscapes include forests, but also farms, rivers, towns, mountains and other features important to peoples’ lives and livelihoods.

While each Model Forest in Asia has developed its own program of activities, we have also identified focal areas that we seek to address as a region. These include poverty alleviation, livelihoods and food security; forest restoration and biodiversity conservation; water security; landscape governance; climate change; and gender equity and equality.

Our member countries include China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand, with Vietnam and Cambodia actively pursuing the concept. We are also a member of the International Model Forest Network (IMFN), a global initiative whose members and supporters work toward a common goal: the sustainable management of forest-based landscapes through the Model Forest approach. The Chair of the RMFN-Asia is based at the Royal Forest Department in Bangkok, Thailand.