Thai Network for Agroforestry Education

SEANAFE welcomes new set of Board Members
During the 4th SEANAFE General Meeting on 27 October 2007 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the Board elected Dr. Willie Carandang as its new chair. Dr. Carandang was the former Chair of PAFERN and also a member of the Board since 2006. He replaced Dr. Monton Jamroenprucksa who served as SEANAFE Chair since 2004.

Two new members joined the Board late in 2007 resulting from their election as new coordinators of their respective country networks. They are Dr. Lutgarda Tolentino from the Philippines and Dr. Pramote Kaewwongsri from Thailand. Dr. Tolentino is the Director of the Institute of Agroforestry of the University of the Philippines Los Banos while Dr. Pramote is an Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Natural Resources Management of the Prince of Songkla University.

On the other hand, Dr. Latsamy Boupha and Dr. Bao Huy were reelected as chairs of LaoNAFE and VNAFE, respectively. Thus, they will serve in the Board for another 2-year term. Incidentally, Dr. Bao Huy came out as vice-chair of the Board during the 4th General Meeting elections.
The SEANAFE Board now has 2 female members in the persons of Dr. Tolentino from the Philippines and Dr. Latsamy from Laos.

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