21: Reaping the rewards of reforestation

Although rapidly growing human populations make continued tropical destruction and the accompanying loss of biodiversity seem inevitable, Hmong hill-tribe villagers in the north of Doi Suthep-Pui...

22: Vegetation and Vascular Flora of Doi Sutep-Pui National Park, Northern Thailand 

Max's ground-breaking study of Doi Suthep resulted in perhaps the most complete flora and vegetation description of any of Thailand's protected areas at the time of publication and it was the...

23: Forest Restoration for Wildlife Conservation

In 2000, there was little interest in restoring tropical forest ecosystems as wildlife habitat. The need was to consolidate the concept and to identify how scientific research might contribute...

24: Effects of Forest Restoration Activities on the Species Diversity of Ground Flora and Tree Seedlings

This study was carried out to determine if planting native trees species and associated activities i.e. weeding and fertilizing in forest restoration, increases diversity of ground flora and tree...

25: The Chiang Mai Research Agenda for the Restoration of Degraded Forestlands for Wildlife Conservation in Southeast Asia

Back in 2000, forest restoration research was far from main stream. Deforestation was regarded as irreversible and the idea that ecologists could actually find a way to restore tropical forest...

26: Tree Colonization of Abandoned Agricultural Clearings in Seasonal Tropical Montane Forest in Northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: In 1994 the Thai Government embarked upon a nationwide project to restore degraded forests. One approach to such an endeavour is to assist natural regeneration (ANR) by managing a site...

27: The establishment and survival of native trees on degraded hillsides in Hong Kong

ABSTRACT: Deforestation and land degradation in the tropics and subtropics are proceeding at an unprecedented rate, threatening a massive loss in global biodiversity, comprising a fifth of the...

28: Low technology tree propagation and the restoration of natural forest ecosystems

ABSTRACT: Loss of forests, and their associated biodiversity, is a serious issue in many developing tropical countries. Throughout northern Thailand for example, large areas within national parks...

29: Forest restoration research in conservation areas in northern Thailand

Loss of forests and their associated biodiversity is a serious issue in many tropical countries. In Thailand, for example, forest cover has been reduced from about 53% in the early 1960s...

30: Understanding and assisting natural regeneration processes in degraded seasonal evergreen forests in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: The Thailand government has recently embarked upon a nation-wide project to restore degraded forests. One approach could be to assist natural regeneration (ANR) by counteracting...