11: Vegetative propagation of rare tree species for forest restoration

When a tree species is rare and fruits infrequently, vegetative propagation may be the only way to build up planting stock for restoration projects. Anantika, one of our Environmental Science...

12: Producing Framework Tree Species for Restoring Forest Ecosystems in Northern Thailand

Abstract: Since 1994, the Forest Restoration Research Unit of Chiang Mai University’s Biology Department (FORRU-CMU) has been developing methods to restore forest ecosystems to deforested sites...

13: A Technical Strategy for Restoring Krabi’s Lowland Tropical Forest

This report is one of the outputs from the project “Gurney’s Pitta Research and Conservation in Thailand and Myanmar”, implemented by the U.K.’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)...

14: Research for Restoring Tropical Forest Ecosystems: A Practical Guide

Aimed at researchers and their supervisors, this technical manual describes how to establish a forest restoration research unit (FORRU) and implement a research program to determine how best to...

15: Producing framework tree species for restoring forest ecosystems in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: Since 1994, the Forest Restoration Research Unit of Chiang Mai University’s Biology Department (FORRU-CMU) has been developing methods to restore forest ecosystems to deforested sites...

16: Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and fertilizer on production of Castanopsis acuminatissima saplings for forest restoration in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: Castanopsis acuminatissima is a native tree species, used to restore evergreen forest ecosystems in northern Thailand. To accelerate tree seedling growth, experiments were performed to...

17: Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of indigenous tree species used to restore seasonally dry tropical forest in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT - Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) status of native plants in the tropical forest of northern Thailand was surveyed. Twenty-four framework tree species, used to forest restoration were...

18: How to Plant a Forest: The Principles and Practice of Restoring Tropical Forests

FORRU-CMU's second practical training manual was published in 2005. It includes generic principles of restoration theory and practice, applicable throughout the tropics, as well as  descriptions...

19: Seed Dispersal and Germination of 2 Native Tree Species: Gmelina arborea (Roxb.) and Terminalia chebula Retz. var. chebula.

ABSTRACT: Forest restoration, using native forest trees (the so called “framework tree species”), requires detailed knowledge of the dispersal ecology of such trees. This project was conducted in...

20: Selection of Prunus cerasoides D. Don seed trees for forest restoration

ABSTRACT: Prunus cerasoides D. Don has been identified as a ‘framework species’ for restoring evergreen forest in seasonally dry climates. The aim of this study was to develop criteria to select...