A forest restoration research unit facilitating biodiversity recovery in Cambodia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Post-Project
VALUE £116,443
WHERE Cambodia
Summary
To identify and test a suitably wide range of indigenous species for the framework approach to forest biodiversity recovery and restoration and to develop skills leading to a sustainable cohort of expertise in this.
REHABILITATION, TRAINING, RESEARCH, RESEARCH TRAINING
Countries
Cambodia
Project Outputs
1. Physical and human capacity at FORRU-Cambodia built to effective levels.
2. Research protocols developed and agreed; research plan discussed, developed and agreed amongst partners
3. Research programme undertaken to identify candidate species, followed by nursery and phenology studies leading to field trails established
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