111: Restoring Tropical Forest Ecosystems on Limestone Mines

This booklet describes basic techniques and species choices for restoring forest on a limestone quarry in northern Thailand, by the framework species method. The methods are specific for a quarry...

112: Germination of Ficus microcarpa on limestone for restoring mines

ABSTRACT: For limestone mining in Thailand, it is stipulated that the site must be reclaimed to the original vegetation after mining is completed. The study area was the Muang Poon semi-opencast...

113: Restoring Tropical Forests: a Practical Guide

Available in English, Spanish and French      The authors at a publishers' meeting, Kew 2012Restoring Tropical Forests is a hands-on guide to restoring degraded tropical forest ecosystems. Based...

114: The use of Asian Ficus species for restoring tropical forest ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Fig (Ficus spp.) trees have been promoted as framework species for tropical forest restoration throughout Asia, because they are considered to be keystone species. This article presents...

115: Reproductive Ecology and Propagation of Fig Trees (Ficus spp.) as Framework Trees for Forest Restoration

ABSTRACT: Fig trees (Ficus spp.) have been promoted as framework species for tropical forest restoration, because they are considered to be keystone species. This study investigated the...

116: Integrating scientific research with community needs to restore a forest landscape in northern Thailand: a case study of Ban Mae Sa Mai

This book chapter was the first attempt to write up our collaborative work with the Hmong community of Ban Mae Sa Mai as a case study – exploring interactions between the scientific and...

117: Research towards refining framework forestry. 

       FORRU has conducted extensive research to refine the FSM. FORRU staff periodically enters the target forest area to collect data on the fruiting and flowering of different tree species....

118: Research towards refining framework forestry

FORRU-CMU has conducted extensive research to refine the framework species method of forest restoration. FORRU-CMU staff periodically enters the target forest area, to collect data on the fruiting...

119: Effects of seed traits on the success of direct seeding for restoring southern Thailand’s lowland evergreen forest ecosystem

ABSTRACT: The success of direct seeding, as a low-cost approach to forest restoration, varies with tree species and seed characteristics. A system to predict which tree species are likely to be...

120: The phenology of dioecious Ficus spp. tree species and its importance for forest restoration projects

ABSTRACT: Ficus spp. are keystone tree species in tropical forest ecosystems and therefore, it is vital to include them in tree planting for forest restoration programs. However, lack of knowledge...