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Annual report 2023–2024
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Chapters Our Board of Trustees
  1. Foreword
  2. Message from the Executive Director
  3. The year that was – RECOFTC by numbers
  4. Working towards impact: Our vision, our approach
  5. Ensuring forest landscapes provide climate solutions
  6. Lao PDR issues first national guidelines on forest fire prevention and management
  7. Rooted in science, grounded in local knowledge
  8. Inclusive, community-led, tech-enabled: CBFiM builds resilience in Viet Nam’s Central Highlands
  9. Securing rights and inclusive governance
  10. Thirty-four community forest groups renew 15-year agreement, a first in Cambodia
  11. Shifting norms, strengthening governance
  12. Shaping the future through climate-responsive forest planning
  13. Bringing gender to the forefront of forestland planning in Lao PDR
  14. Community forests established and revitalized for sustainability
  15. Supporting growth of forest landscape-related businesses
  16. Nature-positive approaches for sustainable avocado production
  17. Scaling success in forest livelihoods
  18. Building consensus for responsible land investment in Myanmar
  19. Securing finance for sustainable forest landscapes
  20. Community funds protect forests and empower local action
  21. Municipality steps up to finance community priorities
  22. Grassroots leadership secures water access for 200 households in Nepal
  23. Generating evidence for influence
  24. Strengthening forest governance and equity through evidence
  25. Strengthening spatial literacy with technology for improved land management
  26. Engaging the public on forest landscape issues
  27. Young Indonesians rethink forest livelihoods
  28. Communities lead forest patrol and protection through new management plans
  29. Our Board of Trustees
  30. Partnerships

Our Board of Trustees

Nur Masripatin

Nur Masripatin (Chair)

Senior Advisor to the Minister, Minister of Environment and Forestry on Climate Change and International Conventions, Indonesia

Mary Hobley

Mary Hobley (Vice-chair)

Director, Mary Hobley & Associates Ltd.

Chea Sam Ang

Chea Sam Ang

Undersecretary of State, Director of Cambodia Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, REDD, Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Michael Didovic

Michael Didovic

Managing Director, Global Financial Crimes Technology Executive at Bank of America

Apsana Kafle

Apsana Kafle

Masters in Forest Management - ongoing and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alberta

Nguyen Ba Ngai

Nguyen Ba Ngai

Vice Chairman, Vietnam Forest Owner's Association (VIFORA), Hanoi, Viet Nam

Maria Paula Sarigumba

Maria Paula Sarigumba

Communications and Outreach Officer, The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Japan

Geoffrey Seeto

Geoffrey Seeto

CEO Asia, MD Head of Emerging Markets, New Forests (Asia), Singapore

Patrick Sieber

Patrick Sieber

Program Officer, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland

Grace Wong

Grace Wong

Senior Researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

Kun Zhang

Kun Zhang

Senior Researcher, Deputy Director of Monitoring Division, China National Forestry-Grassland Economics & Development Research Centre, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China

Kobsak Wanthongchai

Kasetsart University representative

Kobsak Wanthongchai

Dean, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Thailand

David Ganz

Non-voting member

David Ganz

Executive Director, RECOFTC

RECOFTC’s work is made possible with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Government of Sweden.