About
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ASEAN Forest Clearing House Mechanism (CHM)
The ASEAN Forest Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) is a regional learning platform to facilitate forest policy coordination and policy learning among the ASEAN Member States (peers) and beyond. It is designed to promote networking and holistic knowledge management between ASEAN stakeholders, processes and institutions. The tool is managed by the ASEAN Secretariat and serves as an institutional hub of the new networked and knowledge-based ASEAN. It is an essential instrument of information and knowledge sharing and communication for forestry-related ASEAN mechanisms, such as ASEAN expert and working groups and the ASEAN knowledge networks, and helps organizing exchange of experiences as well as learning processes among them. The CHM is also a tool to enhance communication and interaction with other ASEAN stakeholders and the broader public.
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ASEAN Policy Framework for Forestry Cooperation
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. Policy coordination and decision-making on regional cooperation in the forest sector is the task of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF) guided by the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF).
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Forest Policy-Making in ASEAN
AMAF - ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture & Forestry
ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) is the highest body which handles the ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry. AMAF is supported by the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM-AMAF). Under the SOM-AMAF several permanent subsidiary bodies (Board, Sectoral Working Group, Committee) are in charge of the respective cooperation sectors. The permanent subsidiary bodies establish task forces, expert and working groups, e.g. the ASEAN Experts Group on International Forest Policy Processes (AEG-IFPP) and the ASEAN Working Group on a Pan-ASEAN Timber Certification Initiative (AWG-C), to undertake planning and implementation of specific activities within a specific time-frame.
ASEAN cooperation in the agricultural sector takes place since 1968, including food production and supply. In 1977, the scope of cooperation was broadened to cover the greater area of agriculture and forestry as the needs have increased. Currently, the specific areas under the ASEAN cooperation in food, agriculture and forestry includes food security, food handling, crops, livestocks, fisheries, agricultural training and extension, agricultural cooperatives, forestry and joint cooperation in agriculture, and forest products promotion scheme.
