Presented by Sung Ho Choi, Program Officer for Implementation and Management Cooperation & Project Division, AFoCO, on the ITPC side event “Can bioenergy from degraded peatlands provide a potential alternative to meet growing energy demands? Lesson learned from Indonesia” at the XV World Forestry Congress, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4 May 2022.
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in Transportation - An Introduction
Restoration and management of peatlands to fulfil bioenergy demand
1. Restoration and management of
peatlands to fulfil bioenergy demand
Session Title
“Can bioenergy from degraded peatlands provide a potential alternative to meet growing energy demands?
Lesson learned from Indonesia”
Sung Ho Choi,
AFoCO Secretariat
4 May 2022
Organized by International National Tropical Peatland Center
4. AFoCO
treaty-based inter-
governmental organization
established in 2018
Parties (13)
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Lao PDR
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Viet Nam
Observers (3)
Malaysia
Singapore
Kyrgyz Republic
REPUBLIC
OF KOREA
KAZAKHSTAN
MONGOLIA
VIET NAM
PHILIPPINES
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
THAILAND
MYANMAR
BHUTAN
CAMBODIA
LAO
PDR
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
TIMOR-LESTE
SINGAPORE
The Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO)
as a Multilateral Agreement was registered with The
Secretariat of The United Nations (Treaty Collection No.
55833) since 13 December 2019.
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
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landscapes, and communities
with mission to
strengthen cooperation in the forest sector and
promote action-oriented practices of sustainable forest management
through policy support, capacity development, and inclusive
partnerships to address the adverse impacts of climate change.
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