Facilitating Forest Restoration for Biodiversity Recovery in Indochina
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £169,653
WHERE Laos, China, Cambodia
Summary
To facilitate restoration of forest ecosystems for biodiversity recovery in Indochina by transfering skills and proven technologies to key forestry stakeholders in China, Laos and Cambodia, enabling them to develop local versions of the framework species technique of forest restoration, which accelerates biodiversity recovery in degraded areas. This project will assist these countries to design research tree nurseries and experimental plots to adapt the technique to local ecological and socio-economic conditions and demonstrate it to local people
Kunming Institute of Botany, Forest and Wildlife Research Institute, Forest Research Centre - Lao PDR, Chiang Mai University
Regions
East Asia
Biomes
TROPICAL FOREST, FORESTS
Production
FORESTRY
Threats To Biodiversity
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
Broad Approches
GENERAL MEASURES, GOODS SERVICES, ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION, IN SITU, SPECIES CONSERVATION
Specific Tools
REHABILITATION, MONITORING, CEPA, TRAINING, RESEARCH TRAINING
Countries
Laos, China, Cambodia
Project Outputs
- establish forest biodiversity restoration network within each country
- generic Manual on Establishing a Forest Restoration Research and Training Unit suitable for adaptation across Indochina
- three workshops in Thailand training 45 key personnel from China, Laos and Cambodia in forest restoration, and planning adaptation of generic manual to local conditions
- three workshops in China, Laos and Cambodia training 75 individuals
- three implementation plans for a model forest restoration programme in each country
- one joint implementation workshop
- publication of field guides on How to Plant a Forest in each country respectively
Documents:
Download: Management Plan - 14-010 FR China implementation plan - 16/12/2008
