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Project Activities
The project concept and techniques for the implementation phase have evolved from 100% enrichment planting (Contract 1) to a combination of enrichment planting and tending of existing natural regeneration (Contracts 2 – 9) until a refined stand of high biomass forest is achieved.
All compartments are managed and maintained intensively for the first three years after planting by climber cutting, liberation thinning, row slashing and ring weeding. Both survival rate and growth rate are monitored.
Project Technique
The project concept and techniques for the implementation phase have evolved from 100% enrichment planting (Contract 1) to a combination of enrichment planting and tending of existing natural regeneration (Contracts 2 – 9) until a refined stand of high biomass forest is achieved.
All compartments are managed and maintained intensively for the first three years after planting by climber cutting, liberation thinning, row slashing and ring weeding. Both survival rate and growth rate are monitored.
Collection of wildings to be raised as planting materials
Climber Cutting
Liberation
Enrichment Planting
Ring Weeding
Row Slashing
Scientific Research and Training Programme
Compartment 3B 89-33/38/40
(3yr stand, Dryobalanops lanceolata )
There are two types of research undertaken, that is short-term and long-term research. Short-term research priorities are designed to pursue particular investigation for large-scale rehabilitation and are often informed of any problems arising during project implementation. Thus, it is supporting the nursery and field operation activities to improve rehabilitation techniques and silvicultural treatments to the forest to obtain a higher survival rate and to maximize the growth of treated plants.
Long term research involves more specialized investigations such as the carbon offset verification study, production of planting material by vegetative propagation techniques, manipulation of the canopy for light, planting nutrition, association of dipterocarps with mycorrhizae, soil dynamics, natural recovery of logged-over forests, the ecophysiology of diptercocarps, genetic improvement, pests and diseases.