Director Aggangan elected APAFRI Execom Internal Auditor
September 27, 2012
Director Romulo T. Aggangan (front row, fourth from right) was elected Internal Auditor of the 2012-2015 Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) during the association’s 6th General Assembly in Guangzhou, China last 31 August. The once-in-three-years meeting was participated in by delegates from 26 member institutions and hosted by the Research Institute of Tropical Forestry.
As in the past three years, the new committee is headed by the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICRE).
APAFRI is an independent, non-profit organization which aims to enhance the research and technology development capabilities of forestry research agencies to promote the conservation and management of forest resources in the Asia-Pacific Region. It was established in response to the need to provide a viable framework for research collaboration in the region. ### (Rizalina K. Araral, 26 September 2012)
