{"id":58,"date":"2026-09-16T02:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envafs.dungnq.local\/2005\/04\/25\/study-on-regeneration-techniques-for-poor-depleted-forest-at-huulung-by-using-prunus-abborea-andphoebe-species-1972-1977\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:07:39","slug":"study-on-regeneration-techniques-for-poor-depleted-forest-at-huulung-by-using-prunus-abborea-andphoebe-species-1972-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/study-on-regeneration-techniques-for-poor-depleted-forest-at-huulung-by-using-prunus-abborea-andphoebe-species-1972-1977\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Academy of Forest Sciences Strengthens Exchange and Cooperation with Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife of Cameroon (MINFOF) Cameroon on Timber Identification and Legal Timber Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 16 September 2026, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Academy of Forest Sciences (VAFS) received and held a working session with a delegation of Cameroonian forestry officials and government representatives, together with the organization TRAFFIC, as part of a working visit to Vietnam aimed at supporting the signing and implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on legal timber trade and sustainable forestry. Dr. Tran Lam Dong, Vice Director General of VAFS, chaired the reception and working session.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/26-09-16-Doan-Camerun1-500x333.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cameroonian delegation comprised representatives of the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife of Cameroon (MINFOF), including heads of units in charge of cooperation and programs, forest management, forestry control and anti-poaching, as well as legislation, standards, and forestry law enforcement. Also participating were experts from TRAFFIC responsible for global programs, forest governance and trade, the Central Africa Programme Office, and the Vietnam Programme Office.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/26-09-16-Doan-Camerun5-500x333.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the working session, VAFS presented notable research and technology development results in tree breeding, silviculture and forest restoration, digital technology and forest carbon, forest product processing, and the circular economy. In particular, the two sides held in-depth discussions on wood identification and traceability \u2014 an area of special interest to the Cameroonian side. VAFS shared its experience in building databases and applying methods such as wood anatomy, DART-TOFMS, and WoodID for species identification, CITES enforcement, and verification of timber legality.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/26-09-16-Doan-Camerun4-500x333.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the discussion session, the delegation visited the wood sample specimen room and observed live demonstrations of the wood identification methods currently being applied at the Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The visit and working session provided an opportunity for Vietnam and Cameroon to share experience, data, and technology in wood identification, while opening up new avenues of cooperation in expert training, specimen exchange, research, and capacity building for timber traceability control \u2014 contributing to the promotion of legal and sustainable timber trade between Vietnam and Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/26-09-16-Doan-Camerun2-500x333.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/26-09-16-Doan-Camerun3-500x333.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The forest selected for research is the forest at Huulung (Langson province) which was exploited many times by selective cutting and only crooked trees belonging to Phoebe sp. (Machilus sp.), Gironniera subaequalis, Canarium sp., Erythrophoeum fordii, Pithecolobium clyperia, Pterosperum heterophyllum, Trema sp. and bamboos have been left. Naturally regenerated trees are found in very low number andare weak and irregularly distributed. Climbing plants and shrubs cover the soil. For this poor, depleted forest, artificial regeneration must be applied in order to rehabilitate to establish a forest having a higher proportion of economically valuable species and simpler species composition. Prunus arborea and Phoebe species, locally found species were used in the experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,18,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vafs.gov.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}