Demonstration Models of RENFODA Project

  Demonstration models   • Model 1 : Provenance trial for native trees • Model 2 : Agroforestry model • Model 3-5 : Mix plantation of Bamboo and native trees • Model 6-12:Mix plantation of Acacia and native trees • Model 13-16 Enrichment models • Model 17 Mix plantation with fodder plant There are total 17 models have been eshtablised in the area of 63ha during 2004 - 2005. … [Read more...]

Illustrated pictures of Native Tree Seedling Production

Seed Orchard of native tree species established in 2005     Training of cutting and grafting techniques at Tan Lac Station     VA mycorrhizae Glomussp. (a symbiotic microorganism for trees) isolated from plantation in Hoa Binh                   Phosphate dissolving (arrow) by a kind of micro- organism belonging to Actinomycetes (Streptacidiphilus … [Read more...]

Map of Hoa Binh Province and Target Area

RENFODA - JICA project   Large View   Project Target Area   Large View List of the target communes located in the Watershed Area of Hoa Binh Dam, Hoa Binh Province. Target District Target Commune Target District Target Commune Đà Bắc District Đồng Nghê Commune Mai Châu District Tân Mai Commune Suối Nánh Commune Phúc Sạn Commune Mư­ờng Tuổng … [Read more...]

Rehabilitation of Natural Forest in Degraded Watershed Area in the North of Vietnam – RENFODA

Introduction The 661 Program is to reforest 5million hectare by 2010 in Vietnam, including 2million ha of Special Use and ProtectionForests. Out of the 2 million ha, 1million each will be reforested through plantation and natural regeneration. RENFODA project was designed to enhance the effort to increase national forest cover through the 661 Program by the development of the silvicultural techniques for natural forest rehabilitation. Project Purpose Sets of technically appropriate and … [Read more...]

Conservation Status and Breeding Work of Conifer Species in Vietnam with Reference to Pines

Nguyen Hoang Nghia Forest Science Institute of Vietnam, Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam  The paper presented at the Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines Conference. KFRI-IUFRO, Yangyang, Korea, 22-26 September 2008. Abstract Among more than 50 conifer species found in Vietnam, the country has 33 native species which belong to 19 genera of six families. There are seven endemic species which include two species from Cupressaceae (Cupressus torulosa and … [Read more...]

Conservation prospects for threatened Vietnam tree species: results from a demographic study

Given that changes in population size are low, information on future prospects of long-lived tree species is necessarily obtained from demographic models. We stud-ied six threatened tree species in four Vietnamese protected areas: the broad-leaved Annamocarya sinensis, Manglietia fordiana and Parashorea chinensis, and the coniferous Calocedrus macrolepis, Dacrydium elatum and Pinus kwangtunggensis. With data from a 2-year field study on recruitment, growth and survial, we construted matrix … [Read more...]

Phytogeographic review of Vietnam and adjacent areas of Eastern Indochina

L. V. Averyanov, Phan Ke Loc, Nguyen Tien Hiep, D. K. Harder  The northeastern and southwesterm frontiers of Vietnam are formed  by the waters of the Bac Bo (Tonkin) and Thailand (Siam) Gulfs of the South China Sea. The coastline of mainland Vietnam extends nearly 3440 km. A large number of islands, mainly of continental origin and also numerous small coral atolls are included in the territory of Vietnam. The Annamite mountain chains, mainly the Den Dinh, Sam Sao, Hua Phan and … [Read more...]

Conservation prospects for threatened Vietnamese tree species results from a demographic study

Conservation prospects for threatened Vietnamese tree species results from a demographic study Pham Duc Chien, Pieter A.Zidema, Nguyen Hoang Nghia Given that changes in population size are slow, information on future prospects of long-lived tree species is necessarily obtained from demographic models. We studied six threatened tree species in four Vietnamese protected areas: the broad-leaved Annamocarya sinensis, Manglietia fordiana and Parashorea chinensis, and the coniferous … [Read more...]

Vietnam Journal of Forest Science Number 4-2007

1. A Newly Recorded Species of Schizostachyum Nees Genus (Poaceae) – Schizostachyum chinense Rendle for Vietnam’s Flora  Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Tran Van Tien Forest Science Institute of Vietnam  Summary  Schizostachyum chinense Rendle has natural distribution in high mountain forests of China and Vietnam. The species were found in evergreen broad-leaved forests in Hoang Lien National Park (Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province of Vietnam). The specimens were collected in Da xe Mount location of Sa … [Read more...]

Vietnam Journal of Forest Science Number 2-2007

  1. A new bamboo genus, Kinabaluchloa K.M.Wong (subfamily Bambusoideae) and a new species, Kinabaluchloa wrayi K.M.Wong for Vietnam’s flora  Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Tran Van Tien Tropical Forest centerForest Science Institute of Vietnam  Summary A new bamboo genus namely Kinabaluchloa K.M.Wong has been found for Vietnam’s flora based on species specimens collected during field surveys taken in Bidoup National Park (Da Lat city, Lam Dong province). The genus was described first by K.M.Wong in … [Read more...]

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