1: Use of drone RGB imagery to quantify indicator variables of tropical-forest-ecosystem degradation and restoration  

ABSTRACT: Recognizing initial degradation levels is essential to planning effective measures to restore tropical forest ecosystems. However, measuring indicators of forest degradation is...

2: Multi-Scenario Simulations of Future Forest Cover Changes Influenced by Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study in the Chiang Mai-Lamphun Basin

Abstract: Changes in land cover in the Chiang Mai-Lamphun basin have been influenced by pressures of rapid socio-economic developments. The Markov-cellular automata and a multi-layer perceptron...

3: Soil bacterial communities and their associated functions for forest restoration on a limestone mine in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: Opencast mining removes topsoil and associated bacterial communities that play crucial roles in soil ecosystem functioning. Understanding the community composition and functioning of...

4: Seed and microsite limitations of large-seeded, zoochorous trees in tropical forest restoration plantations in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: On deforested or degraded land, planting mixtures of native forest tree species facilitates establishment of incoming tree seedling species (i.e. "species recruitment") by rapidly...

5: Fallow to forest: Applying indigenous and scientific knowledge of swidden cultivation to tropical forest restoration

Rotational swidden cultivation systems, with fallow periods long enough for the regeneration of secondary forests are capable of maintaining forest cover and plant diversity in a dynamic balance...

6: Vegetation of Doi Tung, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand

The climate of Doi Tung, Chiang Rai Province, is monsoonal with three distinct seasons, viz. cool-dry, hot-dry, and rainy. The elevation ranges from c. 350-1525m and most of the bedrock is...

7: Research needs for restoring tropical forests in Southeast Asia for wildlife conservation: accelerated natural regeneration

Accelerated natural regeneration (ANR) is a relatively cheap method of reforestation, which encourages natural establishment of indigenous trees and shrubs. It requires a low input of labour, but...

8: Research needs for restoring tropical forests in Southeast Asia for wildlife conservation: framework species selection and seed propagation

ABSTRACT: Some governments in Southeast Asia, such as those of Thailand and Vietnam, have clear policies to restore large areas of degraded land to native forest. However, knowledge needed for the...

9: 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...

10: Research towards the restoration of northern Thailand's degraded forests

Throughout northern Thailand, large areas of land within national parks and wildlife sanctuaries are deforested or degraded and require reforestation. Within such protected areas, where the...