Opening of the workshop
Dr. Jesada Luengjame, the Director of the Silvicultural Research Division, welcomed the
participants, and the workshop was officially opened by Mr. Visoot Somnuek, Director of the
Forest Management and Forest Product Research Office, the Royal Forest Department. Dr.
Daniel Baskaran Krishnapillay, Executive Secretary of APAFRI, and representative of FRIM,
the Executing Agency of the ITTO Project, presented the overview and introduction of ITTO
project and APFORGEN.