APAFRI was setup during the meeting of the Heads of Forestry Research in Asia Pacific held in Bogor, Indonesia in 1995. The overall objective of the organisation is to foster the development of forestry research for sustainable forest management in the Asia Pacific Region. The APAFRI Secretariat is now hosted in the beautiful campus of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia. We welcome collaboration from interested parties to further enhance our capacity building activities on R&D for the benefits of our member institutions in the Asia Pacific region.