In collaboration with World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Thailand Program and with financial support from King Power, Chiang Mai University’s Forest Restoration Unit successfully implemented the project “Promoting Community Participation in Forest Landscape Restoration: Maintenance of a Forest Restoration Education and Training Site in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park” from 1st June 2006 until 31st May 2009. The main aim of this project was to develop a forest landscape restoration (FLR) demonstration site, to promote the concept to visiting groups. This involved developing and maintaining a tree nursery, to produce 40,000 framework species trees and planting them to add 60 rai of the restored forest to a wildlife corridor, linking two forest remnants in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. In terms of education, the demo site has been a great success, attracting a very wide range of groups interested in forest restoration, from international workshops to local school children. Visitor numbers have increased substantially over the project period.
This project was sponsored by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) and King Power
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Field Performance of Planted Trees
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Fire
In seasonally dry climates, fire is the great destroyer of restoration projects. Learn how to prevent fire and what to do if your plots do burn.
1: Selecting suitable tree species for direct seeding to restore forest ecosystems in northern Thailand
ABSTRACT: To upscale restoration of tropical forest ecosystems, direct seeding—sowing seeds directly into the ground—is potentially more cost-effective than tree planting. However, its success is...
2: Developing Techniques for Direct-seeding for Forest Restoration in Northern Thailand
ABSTRACT: Forest restoration by direct seeding is potentially more cost-effective than tree-planting, especially for upscaling restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, its success...
3: Differential seed removal, germination and seedling growth as determinants of species suitability for forest restoration by direct seeding – A case study from northern Thailand
ABSTRACT: Direct seeding is potentially a more cost-effective alternative to conventional tree planting for restoring tropical forest ecosystems. However, seed loss, due to removal and damage by...
4: Effects of fertilizer on growth and biomass allocation of three evergreen tree species from seasonally dry tropical forests
ABSTRACT: Tree planting is widely accepted as a strategy to mitigate climate change, with a strong focus on use of native tree species. Various kinds of fertilizer have been recommended, to...
5: Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Under the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, 2021-2030, there has been no more critical or opportune time to restore forests, which are critical for the world’s species, people and...
6: The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests
Abstract: Current policy is driving renewed impetus to restore forests to return ecological function, protect species, sequester carbon and secure livelihoods. Here we assess the contribution of...
7: Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Imagery to Monitor Progress of Early Forest Ecosystem Restoration in an Opencast Mine
ABSTRACT: Monitoring forest restoration is essential for improving and advancing restoration techniques, but human-based monitoring is costly as it requires intensive labour in the field. Although...
8: Comparison of seedling detection and height measurement using 3D point cloud models from three software tools: applications in forest restoration
ABSTRACT: A challenge for forest restoration is monitoring success, particularly in terms of seedling survivorship. 3D-point-cloud models, generated from aerial images taken from unmanned aerial...
9: Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate-resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes
ABSTRACT: 1. At the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), the restoration of degraded ecosystems is more than ever a global priority. Tree planting will make up a large...
10: Allelopathic Effects of Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham ex. D. Don Leaves on Common Weeds in Forest Restoration Sites
ABSTRACT: Weeding by hand tools is the most expensive part of forest restoration projects, so herbicides are an attractive alternative weeding technique. However, synthetic herbicides may have...