Micropropagation of bamboo in the green pathway to the growth and sustainability: snags and keys
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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DocumentThe green pathway to growth and sustainability: Sustainable management of rubber plantations
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) is the largest natural rubber producer, with over 410,000 ha located in Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia. VRG is always aware of the responsibility for a sustainable enterprise; VRG’s efforts demonstrate an excellent example in promoting rubber sustainability.
VRG is the leading enterprise in implementing the Viet Nam Forest Certification Scheme (VFCS) and PEFC certificates in the rubber sector. In 2021, about 55,000 ha rubber plantations and 22 natural rubber processing factories were certified under the VFCS/PEFC standards; another 57,000 ha and 14 natural rubber processing factories will be certified by the end of 2021 and 300,000 ha certified by 2022.
In economic terms, VRG rubber plantations have an average yield of 1.56 ton/ha/year, which is much higher than the global average yield, through the focusing on R&D and innovative solutions, especially: new high yielding rubber clones; advanced techniques in harvesting and soil protection; intercropping and Integrated Disease Management.
VRG pays attention to environmental values by applying the best practices to reduce significant carbon emissions: increasing the use of organic fertilizers; installing solar power systems for rubber factories; developing new processing process to reduce 40% of electric usage and DO oil; using biological waste treatment; and reusing 1.5 million m3/year (25% of total water usage) of treated wastewater.
VRG demonstrates the social responsibilities and has meaningful contributions to society by improving the living conditions of VRG workers and surrounding communities (infrastructure and health care facility improvement; job and income creation).
VRG strongly considers sustainable development as the green pathway of the future and business growth; VRG looks forward to sharing the best practices and the importance of industry sustainability leadership. Keywords: Sustainable forest management, Agriculture, Deforestation and forest degradation ID: 3486754 -
ArticleLand use and land use changes by the farmers from mulberry (Morus alba) plantations to green forest tree based farming for income growth and sustainability in Malda district of India
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Malda district was famous for two economic activities viz. Mango (Mangifera indica) cultivation and rearing mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori). Earlier silkworm rearing was a flourishing cottage industry and every households of Kaliachak block reared silkworm for cocoon production. It was the major livelihood of rural farmers but they suffered heavily due to cheap import of silk from China. Thus, the backbone of farmers was crippled, hence they started cultivating various trees in mulberry fields along with agricultural crops for sustaining their livelihood. Present study was undertaken to know how farmers adjusted to new situation, their knowledge about trees, income growth and sustainability. It was observed that mulberry was raised as herb and leaves were fed to the silkworm larvae at home. Traditionally farmers planted Dalbergia sissoo trees on the border of mulberry fields but later on they started planting other trees. A few farmers uprooted their mulberry bushes and converted to Swietenia macrophylla plantation. Some farmers converted their entire land to Mango and Litchi chinensis orchards for long term gains. Besides, some traditional farmers, around 10% still continued with silkworm rearing for their livelihood security but planted few rows of trees like Tectona grandis, D.sissoo, Bombax ceiba, S.macrophylla and Acacia auriculiformis. Few big farmers converted their mulberry fields into ponds for fishery, however, planted Mango and Sissoo on border. The first crops inside the tree plantations were Maize, Papaya and Vegetables which gave farmers quick income. Later, Banana and Citrus were planted. These activities are still continuing, but timber harvesting has also started which will give high returns. These forest tree based land changes not only provided sustainable income growth to farmers, but also made them drought resilient leading to climate change mitigation and adaptation besides conserving plant biodiversity. Key words: Landscape management, Agriculture, Biodiversity conservation ID: 3475637 -
ArticleThe role of bamboo forest in balancing and sustaining the development of local livelihood and human well-being in rural areas of Vietnam
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.The balanced maintenance between forest development, human health, and well-being is the key to sustainable forest landscape management. My research aims to find out the current status of that relationship in Muong Hinh community (North-Central Vietnam) with the focus on lung bamboo forest - the vital natural resource of local communities. Lung bamboo (Bambusa longissima sp.nov) is an endemic species of Vietnam and is considered a strategic species for development in rural areas. However, due to the over-exploitation and unplanned management, the lung bamboo forests have been remarkably degraded and are even at risk of being depleted. Muong Hinh, currently, has 712 ha of lung bamboo forests and the payment from lung bamboo harvesting is the most important income for the local dwellers. However, it does not meet the local needs due to the low price and low added value. Besides, after years of applying wrong harvesting techniques with high harvesting intensity, local people are losing their forest both in terms of the forest area and quality. There is also a lack of knowledge on sustainable bamboo forest management within the community. Based on the current situation, some recommendations are given on essential techniques for sustainably managing and using bamboo forests. Of which, the proper harvesting intensity and the rotation of exploiting areas are the most critical issues. If the local people are going to apply the suggestions, they probably earn about 440 US$/ha/year from their lung bamboo forest (three times higher than their current income), and it could be increased up to 1,200 US$/ha/year shortly. Moreover, there is also a need to have alternative incomes for stable livelihood development. Several options are developing post-harvesting activities or possessing facilities, setting up a lung bamboo value chain, and reasonable collecting of other potential forest products such as timber or NTFPs. Keywords: forestry, lung bamboo forest, forest landscape management, sustainable livelihood development. ID: 3478867
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