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Rehabilitating forest and marginal land using native species in mountainous northern Vietnam
Trees, Forests and People, Vol.10, pp.1-15
01/12/2022
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Abstract
Forest cover in Vietnam has increased dramatically over the past 30 years, largely driven by plantations of exotic tree species. The potential to utilise of Vietnam's diverse native flora in reforestation has remained largely unexplored. At two locations in northwest Vietnam, Na Bai-Leo and Na Noi, we established forest rehabilitation trials using two approaches: scattered planting on marginal agricultural land and enrichment planting in degraded natural forest. We collaborated with local communities to select native species for planting. After two years, species varied greatly in their survival and growth, both between and within the sites. Nevertheless, the majority of community members surveyed reported increased awareness of the value of native species and forests. There is great potential to rehabilitate Vietnam's extensive areas of marginal agricultural land and degraded forests using native species plantings. Communities were keen to be involved in forest rehabilitation – the main barrier to involvement was resourcing (e.g., provision of seedlings, training in tree planting). Projects, such as this one, provide a way to overcome initial resourcing barriers, provide a framework to improve knowledge about native species and forests, and improve awareness of, and management techniques for, degraded forests, marginal agricultural lands, and native species.
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- Title
- Rehabilitating forest and marginal land using native species in mountainous northern Vietnam
- Creators
- Heidi Zimmer - Southern Cross UniversityLam Dong Tran - Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, 46 Duc Thang, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, Viet NamThinh Trieu Dang - Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, 46 Duc Thang, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, Viet NamThi Hanh Le - Vietnamese Academy of Forest SciencesQuang Thanh Lo - Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, 46 Duc Thang, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, Viet NamDuc Lo Minh - Southern Cross UniversityJ. Doland Nichols - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Trees, Forests and People, Vol.10, pp.1-15
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Grant note
- This work was funded by ACIAR grant FST/2016/152.
- Identifiers
- 991013054666402368
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Forest Research Centre; Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article